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Meaning of northern

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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