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