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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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On Friday, the weather department said that temperatures in northern and central India are likely to increase by another 2-3C.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Samsung Electronics is planning to invest another $4 billion in a chip packaging factory in northern Thai Nguyen province, according to recent reports.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Wags are calling it the “lobstermander” because the new House District 7 extends like a crustacean with the tail in heavily Democratic northern Virginia to the body stretching downstate and branching into two claws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The Sunday raid was at least the third time this year that CIA operatives joined authorities in the northern border state of Chihuahua in an operation against a drug target, the sources said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

When Ophie had seen the floor in her aunt’s house, she’d thought it the finest floor ever, and that that was what it meant to live in the northern states.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland