Northern.
Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).
Meaning & usage
Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).
Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian.
Characteristic of the northern part of the United States (the North) (usually capitalised).
She's a Northern girl, so she had to ask what hush puppies and mudbugs are. We were happy to serve her the answer on a platter!
A surname.
The Northern Line of the London Underground.
Any of several former railroads called the Northern Railroad in the 19th century.
We don't move any freight on the Northern anymore.
A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
It takes something big, like a Northern, to pull a train of this size.
A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
I decided to kick back and lose myself in a good Northern for a while.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.