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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 warning, covering northern England, north-west Wales and southern Scotland, will begin at 19:00 BST and is due to expire at 03:00 on Sunday.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“If Iran gets great, I think the world will get great,” said Narjes Delacai, 66, who left the northern Iranian city of Mashhad decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Around the end of the 1930s, Randy Bierlein’s grandfather first started selling Chrysler vehicles out of his family’s dealership in northern Michigan.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

“The glimourie of their northern seas has gone, so they move. When the krakens panic, then we all have cause to fear. And now: her. The one they look for. In my ocean.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell