northern

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Situated in, toward, or facing the north.
• adjective Coming from the north.
• adjective Native to or growing in the north.
• adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of northern regions or the North.
• adjective Being north of the equator.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Of or pertaining to a region, place, or point which is nearer the north than some other region, place, or point mentioned or indicated: as, the northern States; the northern part of Michigan; northern people. Abbreviated N.
• Directed or leading toward the north or a point near it: as, to steer a northern course.
• Proceeding from the north.
• noun A native or an inhabitant of the north, of a northern country, or of the northern part of a country.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
• adjective In a direction toward the north; ; coming from the north.
• adjective (Zoöl.) See Loon.
• adjective See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
• adjective (Bot.) an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north.
• adjective of a wind Blowing from the north; northerly.
• adjective UK Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective situated in or coming from regions of the north
• noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
• adjective situated in or oriented toward the north
• adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
• adjective coming from the north; used especially of wind