a. [ AS. norðerne. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. [ 1913 Webster ]
Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon. -- Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. -- Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red. [ 1913 Webster ]
[北方民族大学 / 北方民族大學, Běi fāng Mín zú Dà xué, ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)#294290[Add to Longdo]
[とうほく(P);ひがしきた, touhoku (P); higashikita](n) (1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); (P)#1619[Add to Longdo]
[えぞ;えみし(ok), ezo ; emishi (ok)](n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)#11941[Add to Longdo]
[えびす, ebisu](n) (1) (arch) (See 蝦夷) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derog) foreigner; barbarian#13165[Add to Longdo]