"northern" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "north + -ern",
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    {
      "form": "northern",
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more northern",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most northern",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We couldn't go south, so we looked for a more northern route."
        },
        {
          "text": "The birds are found from the Missouri River west to the Rocky Mountains and from southern Canada to northern Mexico."
        },
        {
          "text": "Once the Soviet Union fell, Iran's northern borders became peaceful."
        },
        {
          "text": "Almost every forest in the Northern Hemisphere has been logged."
        },
        {
          "text": "Rock River runs along the northern edge of town."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is northern, it is in, from, or about the north."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɔrðɚn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nôr′thərn",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɔːðən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-northern.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "northern"
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  ],
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      "form": "northern",
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more northern",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most northern",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "We couldn't go south, so we looked for a more northern route."
        },
        {
          "text": "The birds are found from the Missouri River west to the Rocky Mountains and from southern Canada to northern Mexico."
        },
        {
          "text": "Once the Soviet Union fell, Iran's northern borders became peaceful."
        },
        {
          "text": "Almost every forest in the Northern Hemisphere has been logged."
        },
        {
          "text": "Rock River runs along the northern edge of town."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is northern, it is in, from, or about the north."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈnɔrðɚn/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nôr′thərn",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɔːðən/",
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  "word": "northern"
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