northern

See also: Northern

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, 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
(non-standard) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/
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Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

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.
(of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
(Britain) 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 diver
Northern Areas
Northern Beaches
northern blot analysis
Northern Cape
northerner, Northerner
Northern Hemisphere
Northern Ireland
Northern Irish
northern lights, Northern Lights
Northern Marianas
northernmost
Northern Norway
Northern Palmyra
Northern Rhodesia
northern screamer
northern snakehead
Northern State
Northern Territories
Northern Territory

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) (uttôr)
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)
German: nördlich (de), Nord- (de)
Greek: βόρειος (el) (vóreios)
Ancient: βόρειος (bóreios)
Hebrew: צְפוֹנִי‎ (he) m (tsfoní)
Hindi: उत्तरी (hi) (uttarī)
Hungarian: északi (hu)
Icelandic: norður (is)
Irish: tuaisceartach, thuaidh
Italian: settentrionale (it), nordico (it), boreale (it)
Japanese: 北 (ja) (きた, kita)
Javanese: lor, lèr
Kazakh: солтүстік (kk) (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) m
Portuguese: setentrional (pt), nortenho, boreal (pt)
Romanian: nordic (ro) m or n, 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
Spanish: septentrional (es), norteño (es), boreal (es)
Swedish: nordlig (sv)
Tajik: шимолӣ (tg) (šimolī)
Thai: เหนือ (th) (nʉ̌ʉa)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: oṣṣaleṣṣe
Turkish: kuzey (tr)
Turkmen: demirgazyk
Ukrainian: півні́чний (pivníčnyj)
Urdu: شُمالی‎ (śumālī)
Uyghur: شىمالىي‎ (shimaliy)
Uzbek: shimoliy (uz)
Vietnamese: bắc (vi)
Volapük: nolüdik (vo)
Yakut: хоту (xotu)
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

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

An inhabitant of the northern regions.
(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.
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