1. In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
   "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" 
2. Situated in or oriented toward the north
   "the northern suburbs"
   - northerly 
3. Coming from the north; used especially of wind
   "a northern snowstorm"
   - northerly 
4. Situated in or coming from regions of the north
   "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colours"

1. A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

Derived forms: northerner

See also: blue, boreal, circumboreal, Federal, North, north-central, northernness, septrional, Union, Yankee

Type of: Middle English

Antonym: southern

Encyclopedia: Northern Northern, Sudan

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