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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
northern
    adj 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,
       northern]
    3: coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north
       wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are
       northerly" [syn: northerly, northern]
    4: situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the
       northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors" [ant:
       southern]
    n 1: a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish
         Lallans

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Northern \North"ern\, a. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern
      course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
      [1913 Webster]

   Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon.

   Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.

   Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a
      yellowish color, marked with red.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for northern:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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