capitalized: 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
To guide fishing trips for a year or two, that's what brought Terry Gunn to the red canyons of northern Arizona. Brittany Peterson, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 Reporter Lacey Latch, in northern Arizona, contributed to this article. Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2022 The rice comes from a young Ojibwe couple who own a small farm in northern Minnesota. Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 Well, that is a particular agreement about trade so that northern Ireland can trade with Ireland, which remains in the European Union.CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022 March and early April 2022 was a period of forever winter in northern Minnesota. Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022 According to the statement, the children had stayed with their father the night before in the small northern Minnesota city of Warren. Joe Studley, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022 At Owamni, an award-winning Indigenous restaurant under The Sioux Chef umbrella, ingredients like Labrador Tea – which grows wild in northern Minnesota – have been especially difficult to get this year, Thompson said.Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022 Charlize Theron portrays Josey Aimes, a desperate single mom who flees her abusive husband, returns to her hometown in northern Minnesota, moves in with her parents and takes a job at an iron mine. Peter Dreier, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022
Noun
Bartz, who has fished for many decades in the best waters of Wisconsin and Ontario, caught the biggest walleye and northern of his life on Seseganaga. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2022 My turn was next, with a 21-inch northern on the same type of lure. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022 Darden will need to be officially sworn-in as the U.S. attorney for Ohio’s northern-most 40 counties. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022 Over-The-Rhine's northern-most brewery and distillery also took home gold medals for their Five Stories Straight Bourbon, Five Stories London Dry Gin and Five Stories Pepper Flavored Vodka. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2022 An airstrike in the town of Mai Tsebri in Ethiopia’s northern of Tigray region Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens, two aid workers said, citing local authorities and eyewitnesses.Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022 The office handles federal prosecutions-- ranging from large-scale drug trafficking to violent crimes and political corruption -- of federal crimes in 40 of Ohio’s northern-most counties. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021 The region’s northern-most House district, Maine’s 2nd, has been interesting to political observers for some time.BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021 The hole in the ice, also known as a polynya, is located north of Ellesmere Island, Canada's northern-most island and just west of Greenland. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 May 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English northerne, from Old English; akin to Old High German nordrōni northern, Old English north north
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a