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Septentrional

//sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl// adj

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Adjective

1
Pertaining to the north; northern. literary, rare
"Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

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