northern

Adjective
  1. In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (synset 301610335)
    "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
    tells us about:
    • north, union - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
    • north - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
    similar to:
    • blue - used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
    • federal, union - being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
    • yankee - used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
  2. Situated in or oriented toward the north (synset 301605879)
    "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"
    similar to: north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
    same as: northerly
  3. Coming from the north;
    Used especially of wind (synset 301605651)
    "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"
    similar to: north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
    same as: northerly
  4. Situated in or coming from regions of the north (synset 301608808)
    "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors"
    tells us about: north - a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
    similar to:
    • boreal, circumboreal - comprising or throughout far northern regions
    • north-central - being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado
    • septrional - of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major
Noun
  1. A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans (synset 106961969)
    is a type of: middle english - English from about 1100 to 1450

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