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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Northern \North"ern\, adjective [AS. nor[eth]erne.]
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
{Northern diver}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Loon}.
{Northern lights}. See {Aurora borealis}, under {Aurora}.
{Northern spy} (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
northern
adjective
1: in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" [ant: {southern}]
2: situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn: {northerly}]
3: coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly" [syn: {northerly}]
4: situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors" [ant: {southern}]
noun: a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "northern": antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost
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