Usually means: Pertaining to the north direction.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word northern:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. northern: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Northern, northern: Merriam-Webster
  3. northern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. northern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. northern: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Northern, northern: Vocabulary.com
  7. Northern, northern: Wordnik
  8. Northern, northern: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Northern, northern: Wiktionary
  10. northern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. northern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. northern: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Northern, northern: Dictionary.com
  14. northern: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Northern (automobile), Northern (genre), Northern (state), Northern (train operating company), Northern: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Northern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. northern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Northern: Rhymezone
  19. Northern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. northern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. northern: FreeDictionary.org
  22. northern: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. northern: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. northern: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. northern: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. northern: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. northern: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See northernmost as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
▸ adjective:  (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
▸ adjective:  (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
▸ noun:  An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
▸ noun:  (fishing) The northern pike.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ adjective:  (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised).
▸ noun:  The Northern Line of the London Underground.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (rail transport) a steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.

Similar:
northerly, north, septrional, federal, union, boreal, circumboreal, Yankee, blue, north-central, more...

Opposite:
southern, equatorial, tropical, meridional, antarctic

Types:
Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, more...

Phrases:
Northern Ireland, Northern Europe, Northern Hemisphere, Northern California, northern states, more...

Adjectives:
other, great, many, old, new, former, several, washo, central, southern, certain



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Similar:
northerly, north, septrional, federal, union, boreal, circumboreal, Yankee, blue, north-central, more...

Opposite:
southern, equatorial, tropical, meridional, antarctic

Types:
Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, more...

Phrases:
Northern Ireland, Northern Europe, Northern Hemisphere, Northern California, northern states, Northern Territory, Northern Rhodesia, northern nigeria, northern france, northern pacific, Northern European, more...

Adjectives:
other, great, many, old, new, former, several, washo, central, southern, certain



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