Septentrional

//sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

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borealborealnorthnorthernnorthern

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"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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