northern

Значение (English)

Adj

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
2. Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Noun

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. The northern pike.
3. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.

Synonyms

north

northerly

northward

Northern

boreal

northwards

septentrional

Nordic

from the north

Thuja occidentalis

living in the north

backwards

septrional

behind

high up

nordic

polar

upper

uptown

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈnɔːðən/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: northerne

Inherited from староанглийский: norþerne

Cognate with древневерхненемецкий: nordrōni

Cognate with старонорвежский: norrœnn

In summary

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.
Morphologically north + -ern.

Предложения

The British were more present in northern Sudan , especially towards Khartoum .

Британцы больше присутствовали в Северном Судане, особенно в отношении Хартума.

Territorially it represented the northern part of present-day Estonia .

Территориально он представлял северную часть современной Эстонии.