northern Definition

of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated North

of, relating to, or constituting the northern dialect

lying toward the north

the dialect of English spoken in the part of the U.S. north of a line running northwest through central New Jersey, below the northern tier of counties in Pennsylvania, through northern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, across central Iowa, and through the northwest corner of South Dakota

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river 1000 miles (1609 kilometers) long in southern Africa flowing from Limpopo province, Republic of South Africa, into the Indian Ocean in Mozambique

province of the northeastern part of the Republic of South Africa bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique area 47,598 square miles (123,280 square kilometers), population 5,405,000

pikestaff

a sharp point or spike; also : the tip of a spear

a mountain or hill having a peaked summit —used especially in place names

a large elongate long-snouted freshwater bony fish (Esox lucius) valued for food and sport and widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere —called also northern, northern pike

any of various fishes (family Esocidae) related to the pike: such as

muskellunge

a heavy spear with a very long shaft used by infantry especially in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th century

turnpike

a railroad or railroad line or system

a body position (as in diving) in which the hips are bent, the knees are straight, and the hands touch the toes or clasp the legs behind or just above the knees

a corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi synonym D. longicornis) often destructive to corn in the northern parts of the central and eastern U.S.