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adjectivesituated in or oriented toward the north
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adjectivecoming from the north; used especially of wind
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nouna dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallanstype of:
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adjectivein or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon lineOpposite:
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adjectivesituated in or coming from regions of the north
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Definition that contains northern
- hindustan northern region of India where Hinduism predominates
- bottlenose northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
- herpestes ichneumon northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs
- olea cunninghamii northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
- pigeon guillemot northern Pacific guillemot
- variegated horsetail northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
- hyperoodon ampullatus northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
- tufted puffin northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye
- agonus cataphractus northern Atlantic sea poacher
- fratercula corniculata northern Pacific puffin