Northern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Northern	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
northern adj in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" Antonym(s): southern situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" Synonym(s): northerly, northern coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly" Synonym(s): northerly, northern situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors" Antonym(s): southern n a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Northern \North"ern\, a. [AS. nor[edh]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[94]l.) See {Loon}. {Northern lights}. See {Aurora borealis}, under {Aurora}. {Northern spy} (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.