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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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The northern portion of the lake is in Ontario and the southern portion is in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Ship trackers say roughly a third of the vessels that have transited the strait during August have used the Iranian-administered route along the northern reaches of the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Governor Abdullah Sarhadi gives money to treat a boy's broken arm and hands out funds for a local mosque - then, in his office in northern Afghanistan, an astonishing exchange unfolds.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The icebreakers will be used to open winter shipping routes through Canada's northern and Atlantic waters.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

For three days, they traveled over seas and islands and coastlines, and then they spotted the Juggernaut, floating on the waves of the northern ocean.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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