North Country

American  

noun

1. the part of England north of the Humber estuary.

2. Alaska and the Yukon territory of Canada (as a geographical and economic unit).

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North Country British  

noun

1. another name for North 1

2. the geographic region formed by Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

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Example Sentences

You’d think that over the thousands, perhaps millions, of years they have been migrating they would have worked it out to arrive in the north country at the right time, but they always come early, while there is still snow and no real food for them.

From Literature

Generations of outdoors enthusiasts headed for New York’s Adirondack Park have swerved off I-87 at exit 23—“the middle of east nowhere,” as Quintal put it—to stock up on Oscar’s singular brand of North Country charcuterie, steaks cut to order, a seriously impressive array of bacon styles and many, many other meats, smoked and fresh.

From The Wall Street Journal

North Country Smokehouse Bacon Lovers Gift Box – Not all bacon is created equal, and North Country Smokehouse makes some delicious varieties.

From Salon

He’d recently worked with Conor McPherson on “Girl From the North Country,” a fictional interpretation of Bob Dylan’s song catalog, and thought the playwright might be interested.

From Los Angeles Times

At the moment, PBS.org is streaming recent productions of Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate!,” the Bob Dylan-scored “Girl From the North Country,” David Henry Hwang‘s “Yellow Face” and the Pulitzer Prize-winning mental health rock musical “Next to Normal.”

From Los Angeles Times