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" We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany."
Leon Askin

Meaning of "northern" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF NORTHERN

ˈnɔːðən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NORTHERN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Northern is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NORTHERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of northern in the English dictionary

The first definition of northern in the dictionary is situated in or towards the north. Other definition of northern is directed or proceeding towards the north. Northern is also proceeding from the north.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NORTHERN

burthen · Carmarthen · disburthen · heathen · leathern · overburthen · smoothen · southern · unburthen · wreathen · writhen · wrythen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NORTHERN

northermost · Northern Cape · Northern Cross · 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 · northernise

WORDS THAT END LIKE NORTHERN

Ahern · Bayern · Bern · cithern · concern · eastern · fern · govern · hern · intern · kern · lantern · luthern · modern · northwestern · pattern · pern · stern · tavern · western

Synonyms and antonyms of northern in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «northern» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF NORTHERN

Find out the translation of northern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of northern 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» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

北方的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

del norte
570 millions of speakers
en

English

northern
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شِمَالِيّ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

северный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

do norte
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

boréal
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Utara
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

nördlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

北の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

북쪽의
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sisih lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở phía bắc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வடக்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kuzey
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

settentrionale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

północny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

північний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

de nord
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βόρειος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

noordelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nordlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nordlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of northern

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of northern
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «northern».

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «NORTHERN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word northern.
1
Sam Abell
'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.
2
Gianni Agnelli
Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.
3
Jonathan Ames
I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am separated from my parents by about 50 miles, but really there is almost no distance between us. I speak to them nearly every day.
4
Loni Anderson
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.
5
Richard Dean Anderson
I always sort of swooned at the sight of the classic barn structures in central and northern Minnesota, where everything seemed rustic and weathered and made to age gracefully.
6
Charles Anthon
A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles!
7
Leon Askin
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
8
Ali Babacan
It is unfair to ask Turkey to make a unilateral concession to take goods from Cyprus within the customs union when the E.U. is not open to northern Cyprus.
9
Ali Babacan
Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.
10
Carol Bellamy
Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTHERN»

Discover the use of northern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to northern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Northern Light
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true.
Jennifer Donnelly, 2003
2
Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775
This second volume in the series has abstracts of all of the grants from 1742 to 1775, a period that saw the formation and settlement of Frederick, Fairfax, Culpeper, Loudoun, Fauquier, and Dunmore (changed in 1778 to Shenandoah) counties ...
‎2009
3
Religion, Identity and Politics in Northern Ireland: ...
Drawing on a range of unique interview material, this book traces how individuals and groups in Northern Ireland have absorbed religious types of cultural knowledge, belonging and morality.
Claire Mitchell, 2007
4
Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800
The third volume in this series treats all Northern Neck land grants from 1775 to 1800.
Dave Gray, 2009
5
Northern English: A Social and Cultural History
Emphasising its richness and variety, the book places northern speech and culture in the context of identity, iconography, mental maps, boundaries and marginalisation.
Katie Wales, 2006
6
Northern Borders
Spending the summer of 1948 with his grandparents on Vermont's Canadian border, six-year-old Austen Kittredge finds a new home on their farm amidst the Lost Nation community of country fairs, game hunting, one-room schools, and family life.
Howard Frank Mosher, 2002
7
Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota's Past
Surveys the history of Minnesota from the Ice Age through the end of the twentieth century, with "Investigations" which encourage the examination of primary source documents and use of proper historical methods.
Dave Kenney, Hillary Wackman, Nancy O'Brien Wagner, 2003
8
Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern ...
This timely book traces those historic links and examines how the struggle for black civil rights in America in the 1960s helped shape the campaign against discrimination in Northern Ireland.
Brian Dooley, 1998
9
Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday ...
DIVAn ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war./div ""Living with Bad Surroundings" is a lucid, compelling, in-depth, and ...
Sverker Finnström, 2008
10
Interpreting Northern Ireland
In the final section of the book he surveys the various solutions that have been proposed and looks critically at what the mass of research has achieved.
John Whyte, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NORTHERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term northern is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Northern Ireland abortion ban endangers women's lives, says UN
An estimated 2,000 women travel to English hospitals and clinics from Northern Ireland every year to have terminations. Photograph: Graeme ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
It's critical El Niño hits Northern California. Why experts are growing …
It's the middle of the summer, but it felt a bit like winter in the Sierra this week as a storm dumped four inches of hail on Interstate 80 around ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Plastic bag use continues to fall in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland usage figures are in sharp contrast to England, where the number of single-use bags from supermarkets rose from 7.4 ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Economy in Northern Ireland grows by 1.1%, figures show
These are the most up-to-date growth figures for the economy and are measured using the Northern Ireland Composite Economic Index ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
Five men arrested in Northern Ireland attempted murder inquiry
Police Service of Northern Ireland said the suspects had been taken to the serious crime suite at Antrim police station. Photograph: Paul Faith/ ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Aspects of Cerberus-Nama deal in Northern Ireland described as …
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has described as “strange” the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive and ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
Huge Forest Fire Ravages 6000 Acres in Northern California
The Wragg fire on the outskirts of California's Napa Valley chewed through thousands of acres of steep, treacherous terrain Thursday, forcing ... «TIME, Jul 15»
8
In defense of northern Minnesota cities
Crime stats are always tough to figure in rural areas, though anyone who thinks there isn't crime in Northern Minnesota is kidding themselves. «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
9
Australian leaders back prospect of making the Northern Territory …
"I was very pleased to have the support from colleagues at the table that I'm at now to see the Northern Territory strive to become a state by ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
10
Wildfires in Montana and northern California threaten tourists and …
Smoke from the Reynolds Creek wildfire rises above the landscape at St. Mary Lake in Glacier national park, Montana. Photograph: Erin ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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