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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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Groups of traditional dancers performed, as crowds including red robed monks and nuns watched the ceremony in India's northern hilltown of Dharamshala.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In a marketing video, Ferrari’s chief design officer, Flavio Manzoni, said he sees the Luce “acting as a bridge between San Francisco and Maranello,” the northern Italian city where Ferrari is headquartered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

A tiny new species of sea slug, smaller than a grain of rice, has been discovered off the coast of Keelung in northern Taiwan.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Logan Lee, a Kentucky resident, has worked several stints in northern Wisconsin, where the pay is high but the temperatures are low.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

If the northern forest was dangerous, the southern one was even more so.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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