Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "northern" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

austral meridional southern southern

Coordinate Terms

fiction genre northwestern western

Derived Terms

Northern Areas Northern Beaches Northern Bruce Peninsula Northern Cape Northern England Northern Grampians Northern Ireland Northern Irish Northern Jê Northern Khmer Northern Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas Northern Midlands Northern Norway Northern Palmyra Northern Region Northern Rhodesia Northern Rivers Northern Samar Northern State Northern Sunrise County Northern Tablelands Northern Territories Northern Territory Northern Tropic Northern Union football Northern Virginia great northern bean great northern diver great northern loon great northern prawn great northern shrike nonnorthern northern anchovy northern bilberry northern birch mouse northern blindfish northern blot analysis northern bobwhite northern bog lemming northern boobook northern bottlenose whale northern brown argus northern brown bandicoot northern brushtail possum northern cardinal northern cavefish northern common cuscus northern curlew northern dawn northern epilepsy syndrome northern eyelash boa northern firmoss northern flicker northern fulmar northern fur seal northern fur-seal northern gannet northern goshawk northern grasshopper mouse northern greater galago northern hairy-nosed wombat northern harrier northern hawk owl northern hemisphere northern house martin northern jacana northern lady fern northern lapwing northern lights northern lion northern maidenhair northern mockingbird northern monkey northern oriole northern palm squirrel northern pintail northern pitcher plant northern quoll northern raccoon northern raven northern red oak northern red-backed vole northern rock cress northern screamer northern scurfy Quaker moth northern shoveler northern shrike northern shrimp northern slimy salamander northern snakehead northern solstice northern soul northern spell northern storm petrel northern streamers northern three-toed jerboa northern tigrina northern tree shrew northern viscacha northern water dragon northern wheatear northern whiting northern wild rice northern wiretail northern wolffish northern woodrush northerner northernest northernism northernization northernize northernly northernmost northernness the Northern Crown unnorthern

Context

british fishing rail

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Middle English

Type Of (IsA)

middle english

Related Terms

eastern occidental oriental western

Related Terms

blowing eastern inhabitant london underground north northerly northern pike occidental oriental steam locomotive western wheel arrangement

Similar Terms

Federal Union Yankee blue blue boreal circumboreal circumboreal federal nordic north north central north-central septrional septrional yankee

Synonym Network

boreal northerly septentrional

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