northern

See also: Northern

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːðən/, /ˈnɔːðn̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹðɚn/, enPR: nôr′thərn
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/

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Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
   • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

     Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.

2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

   Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

• great northern bean
• great northern diver
• great northern loon
• great northern prawn
• great northern shrike
• northern anchovy
• Northern Areas
• Northern Beaches
• northern bilberry
• northern birch mouse
• northern blot analysis
• northern bobwhite
• northern bog lemming
• northern bottlenose whale
• northern brown argus
• Northern Bruce Peninsula
• northern brushtail possum
• Northern Cape
• northern cardinal
• northern cavefish
• northern common cuscus
• northern dawn
• Northern England
• northerner, Northerner
• northern eyelash boa
• northern firmoss
• northern flicker
• northern fulmar
• northern fur seal
• northern fur-seal
• northern gannet
• northern goshawk
• Northern Grampians
• northern grasshopper mouse
• northern greater galago
• northern hairy-nosed wombat
• northern harrier
• northern hawk owl
• northern hemisphere
• Northern Hemisphere
• northern house martin
• Northern Ireland
• Northern Irish
• northern jacana
• Northern Jê
• northern lady fern
• northern lapwing
• northern lights, Northern Lights
• northern lion
• northern maidenhair
• Northern Marianas
• Northern Midlands
• northern monkey
• northernmost
• Northern Norway
• northern oriole
• northern palm squirrel
• Northern Palmyra
• northern pintail
• northern quoll
• northern raccoon
• northern raven
• northern red-backed vole
• northern red oak
• Northern Region
• Northern Rhodesia
• Northern Rivers
• northern rock cress
• northern screamer
• northern scurfy Quaker moth
• northern shoveler
• northern shrike
• northern shrimp
• northern slimy salamander
• northern snakehead
• northern solstice
• northern soul
• northern spell
• Northern State
• northern streamers
• Northern Tablelands
• Northern Territories
• Northern Territory
• northern three-toed jerboa
• northern tigrina
• northern tree shrew
• Northern Union football
• northern viscacha
• northern water dragon
• northern wheatear
• northern whiting
• northern wild rice
• northern wiretail
• northern wolffish
• northern woodrush

 

Translations

facing, situated in or related to the north

• Albanian: verior (sq)
• Arabic: شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy)
• Armenian: հյուսիսային (hy) (hyusisayin)
• Azerbaijani: şimali, quzey
• Basque: iparreko
• Belarusian: паўно́чны (paŭnóčny)
• Bengali: উত্তর (bn) (uttor)
• Bulgarian: се́верен (bg) (séveren)
• Burmese: တောင် (my) (taung)
• Catalan: septentrional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北方 (zh) (běifāng), 北 (zh) (běi)

• Corsican: settentriunale
• Czech: severní (cs)
• Danish: nordlig (da)
• Dutch: noordelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: norda
• Estonian: põhjamaine, põhja-
• Finnish: pohjois- (fi)
• French: septentrional (fr), boréal (fr)
• Galician: setentrional (gl)
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის (črdiloetis), ჩრდილოური (črdilouri), ჩრდილოეთით (črdiloetit), ჩრდილოეთიდან (črdiloetidan), ჩრდილოეთისა (črdiloetisa)
• German: nördlich (de), Nord- (de)
• Greek: βόρειος (el) (vóreios)

  Ancient: βόρειος (bóreios)

• Hebrew: צְפוֹנִי (he) (tsfoní)
• Hindi: उत्तरी (hi) (uttarī)
• Hungarian: északi (hu)
• Icelandic: norður (is)
• Ingrian: pohjain
• Irish: tuaisceartach, thuaidh
• Italian: settentrionale (it), nordico (it), boreale (it)
• Japanese: 北 (ja) (きた, kita)
• Javanese: lor, lèr
• Kazakh: солтүстік (soltüstık)
• Khmer: ខាងជើង (khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 북쪽의 (ko) (bukjjogui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: باکوری (bakurî)

  Northern Kurdish: bakurî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: түндүк (ky) (tündük)
• Lao: ເໜືອ (nư̄a)
• Latin: boreālis (la), borēus
• Latvian: ziemeļu
• Lithuanian: šiaurinis, šiaurės
• Macedonian: северен (severen)
• Malayalam: വടക്കൻ (ml) (vaṭakkaṉ), ഉത്തര (ml) (uttara)
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠᡵᡤᡳ (amargi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordlig (no)

• Occitan: septentrional (oc)
• Pashto: شمالي (ps) (šamāli)
• Persian: شمالی (fa) (šomâli)
• Plautdietsch: nuadna
• Polish: północny (pl)
• Portuguese: setentrional (pt), nortenho, boreal (pt)
• Romanian: nordic (ro), boreal (ro), septentrional (ro)
• Russian: се́верный (ru) (sévernyj)
• Scots: norlin
• Scottish Gaelic: a tuath, tuath
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: се̏ве̄рнӣ, сје̏ве̄рнӣ

  Roman: sȅvērnī, sjȅvērnī (sh)

• Slovak: severný (sk)
• Slovene: severen
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

  Upper Sorbian: sewjerny (hsb)

• Spanish: septentrional (es), norteño (es), boreal (es)
• Swedish: nordlig (sv)
• Tajik: шимолӣ (tg) (šimoli)
• Thai: เหนือ (th) (nʉ̌ʉa)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: oṣṣaleṣṣe
• Turkish: kuzey (tr)
• Turkmen: demirgazyk
• Ukrainian: півні́чний (uk) (pivníčnyj)
• Urdu: شُمالی (śumālī)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي (shimaliy)
• Uzbek: shimoliy (uz)
• Vietnamese: bắc (vi)
• Volapük: nolüdik (vo)
• Welsh: gogleddog
• Yakut: хоту (qotu)
• Yiddish: צפֿונדיק (tsofndik)

of wind

• Finnish: pohjoinen (fi), pohjois- (fi)
• French: bise (fr) f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ქარი (črdiloetis kari)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βόρειος (bóreios)

• Polish: północny (pl)
• Portuguese: norte (pt)
• Romanian: nordic (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: a tuath

characteristic of North of England

• Finnish: pohjoisenglantilainen

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies:

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

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.

   Coordinate terms: northwestern, western