northernmost

[ nawr-thern-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]

/ ˈnɔr ðərnˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst /

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adjective

farthest north.

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Origin of northernmost

First recorded in 1710–20; northern + -most

Words nearby northernmost

Northern Kingdom, northern kingfish, northern leaf blight, northern lights, Northern Mariana Islands, northernmost, northern oriole, Northern Paiute, northern pike, Northern Province, Northern Rhodesia

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How to use northernmost in a sentence

Similarly, the northernmost bits of Russia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, and the US have no native snakes, and the southernmost tip of South America is serpent-less as well.
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As the northernmost municipality along coastal San Diego County, Oceanside seems fed up with feeding everybody else’s beaches.
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I thought I was out of luck for our three northernmost East Coast states.
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Gebru was born and raised in Ethiopia, where an escalating war has ravaged the northernmost Tigray region.
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The Earth’s northernmost region is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the globe.
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To the north, the icy southern peaks of the Brooks Range, the northernmost mountain range on the continent, nip at the sky.
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We met in Antakya and headed toward the Syrian border in Kilis, Turkey, the northernmost border crossing.
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Comprised of seven kingdoms and two regions, it is the northernmost continent in this world.
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Libya is in northern Africa, its northernmost region bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.
Libya Fights Protests With Deadly Force|The Daily Beast|February 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The night was passed at anchor off the northernmost Coronation Island.
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Sure enough there was another onslaught made against our northernmost post.
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His search brought him at length to the northernmost extremity of the island, where he sat down on the beach to rest.
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In short, this northernmost of the Atlantic colonies appeared to be fast on the way to become a part of New England.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
The northernmost “Celts,” such as the Highland Scotch, are in all probability a specialized offshoot of this race.
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British Dictionary definitions for northernmost

northernmost

/ (ˈnɔːðənˌməʊst) /

adjective

situated or occurring farthest north

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