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PRONUNCIATION OF NORTHERN CROSS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NORTHERN CROSS

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Northern Cross is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NORTHERN CROSS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Northern Cross in the English dictionary

The definition of Northern Cross in the dictionary is a group of the five brightest stars that form a large cross in the constellation Cygnus.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NORTHERN CROSS

Northern Cape
Northern Dvina
northern hemisphere
Northern Ireland
Northern Irish
Northern Isles
Northern Karoo
northern lights
Northern Mariana Islands
northern porgy
Northern Province
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Sotho
Northern Sporades
Northern Territories
Northern Territory
Northerner

WORDS THAT END LIKE NORTHERN CROSS

across
Charing Cross
cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Eleanor Cross
George Cross
Iron Cross
John of the Cross
on the cross
Red Cross
Saint Andrew´s Cross
Saint Anthony´s Cross
Saint George´s Cross
Southern Cross
Stations of the Cross
the Cross
True Cross
Victoria Cross
Way of the Cross

Synonyms and antonyms of Northern Cross in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Northern Cross» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NORTHERN CROSS

Find out the translation of Northern Cross to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Northern Cross from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Northern Cross» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

北横
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cruz del Norte
570 millions of speakers

English

Northern Cross
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तरी क्रॉस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصليب الشمالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Северный Крест
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cruz do Norte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তর ক্রস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Croix du Nord
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Northern Cross
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Northern Cross
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

北十字星
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

북부 크로스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salib Lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thập Tự Phương Bắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடக்கு கிராஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तर क्रॉस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzey Cross
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Croce del Nord
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Północnej Krzyż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

північний Хрест
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Crucea Nordului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Northern Cross
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Northern Cross
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Northern Cross
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Northern Cross
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Northern Cross

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN CROSS»

The term «Northern Cross» is regularly used and occupies the 82.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN CROSS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Northern Cross» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Northern Cross» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Northern Cross

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTHERN CROSS»

Discover the use of Northern Cross in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Northern Cross and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Northern Cross
Private pilot George Ashton seems to have it all: the dream job, the beautiful wife, the lovely home...and twenty-five years of guilt from a college caper gone murderously wrong.
Christopher Hudson, 2006
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Record Book of Trust Mortgages and Agreements; Also, Leases, ...
I. Northern Cross First Mortgage. § 1. The party of the second part agrees to buy all the Northern Cross first mortgage bonds which are held by the bondholders parties hereto, at par of the principal, and to pay therefor in bonds of the Chicago,  ...
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, 1882
3
Cygnus the Swan Or the Northern Cross
THIS 14 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Star Lore of all Ages, by William Tyler Olcott. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564597709.
William Tyler Olcott, 2010
4
Illinois as it is: its history, geography, statistics, ...
The Northern Cross Railroad — Runs from Galesburg to Quincy. Length, 100 miles. The Northern Cross Branch Railroad — Will run from Morgan City, on the Great Western Railroad, to Camp Point, on the Northern Cross Railroad, and ...
Frederick Gerhard, 1857
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The Smith College Monthly
Marion Savage. LANNATRE Cold, cold upon the convent roofs the Northern midnight lies ; All silent is the sleeping earth, all hushed the starry skies. Above the pine-embattled rock that frowneth toward the sea The Northern Cross is setting ...
‎1904
6
Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly
That the State complete the same; that special bonds be issued, bearing any interest not exceeding eight per cent• per annum, to be designated Northern Cross railroad bonds; that said bonds be sold to raise the means for the completion of ...
Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, 1840
7
Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic
18 This is the Northern Cross. Standing up, all the passengers on the train say " hallelujah" and piously pray toward it. Spontaneously, the two boys also stand and find themselves full of "a new feeling resembling sadness."19 The Christian ...
Masaki Mori, 1997
8
Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide
... to Cairo, with two intersecting lines — the Northern Cross and the Southern Cross. The long-awaited canal connecting the Illinois River and 60 ILLINOIS: THE GENERAL BACKGROUND.
Federal Writers' Project
9
Avebury and the Cosmos of Our Ancestors
The Neolithic people surely also linked Cygnus, the Northern Cross, with Ursa Major, the Great Bear, as the two major constellations—virtually everywhere representing hibernation and migration—circled either side of the North Celestial  ...
Nicholas Mann, 2011
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Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know: Easy Studies of the ...
Rises a. little before Sirius Achernar' a~ker'nar River Po Means the end of the river Beta Centauri' ba'ta sen~taw're Centaur This and its mate point to the Southern Cross Altair al-tare' Eagle Helps you find Vega and Northern Cross Betelgeuse ...
Julia Ellen Rogers, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NORTHERN CROSS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Northern Cross is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Wine & Cheese Week' at 12 Upper Hudson wineries
Northern Cross Vineyard, Valley Falls, featuring Argyle Cheese Farmer Cheese. Oliva Vineyards, Saratoga, and Spa City farmers markets ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
2
What 'drives' us mad: from hogging the lanes to double parking
... the direction of Bewley's Dublin Airport Hotel (now the Clayton Hotel) on the R139 (the road from the northern cross on the Malahide Road). «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Starwatch: Travel a few million miles this summer
... to Arcturus there will be a fairly faint collection of stars that form a backward C. That's the constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Cross. «Times Record News, Jul 15»
4
Sky Watch: Use Vega and Arcturus to find other celestial gems
... to Arcturus, look for a fairly faint collection of stars that form a backward "C." That's the constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Cross. «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
5
Patrick Poitevin: A beginner's guide to stargazing
The triangle is also called The Northern Cross because if its shape. The Ursa Major area of sky has been depicted as a bear in many cultures ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Freeport Mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc (FCX): Hedge Funds Aren't …
Northern Cross Llc had the most significant stake with ownership of 27.41 million shares as of Q1 2015 for 21.74% of the US equity exposure. «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
7
Suburban office investment at €2m
A partially let office building at Northern Cross, close to the M50/M1 interchange at Northern Cross in Dublin 17, goes on sale today at a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
8
€10m Lad Lane apartments in need of upgrading
New tenants will mean full house at Central Park · Grattan House in City Junction Business Park at Northern Cross in Dublin 17 is about 50 ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Ownership change for Stephen's Green shopping centre
New tenants will mean full house at Central Park · Grattan House in City Junction Business Park at Northern Cross in Dublin 17 is about 50 ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Council weighs balance of city centre shops and restaurants
New tenants will mean full house at Central Park; Grattan House in City Junction Business Park at Northern Cross in Dublin 17 is about 50 ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

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