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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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Example Sentences

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It is close to completing its first production facility on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Several blasts shook northern Tehran, an AFP journalist heard, as the Middle East war neared its sixth week.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Don't be surprised if there are also a few flurries of snow on the hills of northern England and north Wales early on Easter morning, before milder air starts to move in.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For instance, states along the West Coast are seeing higher annual temperature extremes, while many northern states are experiencing warmer minimum temperatures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

One stack represented all the people who crossed the northern border out of Chattana province that day; the other stack was for all of the people who had come in.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat