northland

[ nawrth-luh nd, -land ]

/ ˈnɔrθ lənd, -ˌlænd /

noun

the land or region in the north.

the northern part of a country.

(initial capital letter) the peninsula containing Norway and Sweden.

Words nearby northland

northernmost, northfield, northglenn, northing, northlake, northland, northlander, northman, northmost, northport, northrop

Origin of northland

before 900; Middle English, Old English; see north, -land

OTHER WORDS FROM northland

north·land·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for northland

On the same block, Northland Chop Suey, a Chinese restaurant, has been looted at least two times.
Ferguson's Other Race Problem: Riots Damaged Asian-Owned Stores|Tim Mak|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Your home is somewhere way up in the Northland where Honker the Goose lives, isn't it?
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack|Thornton W. Burgess
Like a wise soldier casting about after years of service for a comfortable billet, she had come into the Northland to be married.
The God of His Fathers|Jack London
Together in the bloodstirring game of One against One they had faced the deadliest perils of the northland.
The Country Beyond|James Oliver Curwood

Its true worth to him had been that it had converted him from a Londoner in Keewatin into a man of the Northland.
Murder Point|Coningsby Dawson
The sun had come back, and all the awakening Northland world was calling to him.
White Fang|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for northland

Northland

/ (ˈnɔːθlənd) /

noun

the peninsula containing Norway and Sweden

(in Canada) the far north

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