Definitions for Northern

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Northern north·ern

Spelling: [nawr-th ern]

IPA: /ˈnɔr ðərn/

Northern is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in Northern (ehnnorrt).

Definitions for Northern

noun

1. a person living in a northern region or country.
2. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.

adjective

1. lying toward or situated in the north.
2. directed or proceeding northward.
3. coming from the north, as a wind.
4. (often initial capital letter) of or relating to the North, especially the northern U.S.
5. Astronomy. north of the celestial equator or of the zodiac:

Origin of Northern

before 900; Middle English, Old English; see north, -ern

Examples for Northern

His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.

As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.

After the Greeks came the Persians, who conquered all of northern Africa.

On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).

A portion of the northern force was driven back on the creek.

The Cedars stood before us as yet lightless against the northern sky.

Why, there are a whole lot of skunk farms all over the northern States.

The northern States were slow to adopt the Democratic creed.

There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.

Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.