1. northern - Noun
2. northern - Adjective
3. northern - Adjective Satellite
4. Northern - Proper noun
Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? Quentin Crisp
And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient, comes, and lo is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable. Robert Browning
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky. Anna Letitia Barbauld
The transformation of part of the northern part of this continent into "America" inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation, and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto, with or without the participation of those who wish they had never been born. Christopher Hitchens
To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain. Carroll Quigley
Northern Ireland is part of Ireland, not Britain, as can clearly be seen from aerial photographs. Jeremy Hardy