Webster's English Dictionary

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northern

1. north.ern \'no.r-th*(r)n\ \-.mo-st\ aj [ME northerne, fr. OE; akin to 
   OHG nordro-ni northern, OE nor]th north often cap  1a: of, relating to, or 
   characteristic of a region conventionally designat ed North 1b: of, 
   relating to, or constituting the northern dialect  2a: lying toward the 
   north  2b: coming from the north  - north.ern.most aj
2. northern n : the dialect of English spoken in the part of the U.S. north 
   of a line ru nning northwest from central New Jersey across the northern 
   tier of counties in Pennsylvania and through northern Ohio, Indiana, and 
   Illinois