northmost

[nawrth-mohst, -muhst]

adjective

1. northernmost.

Word History and Origins

Origin of northmost¹

before 900; Old English northmest (not recorded in ME); north, -most

Example Sentences

At least 12 people have died over the last month as a result of dozens of severe fires spanning San Diego in the state's very south to Siskiyou – the northmost point bordering Oregon.

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Both Russia and China have, in recent times, increased their military presence in the once hushed pocket of earth’s northmost terrain.

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They lay now peering over the edge of a rocky hollow beneath the outstretched shadow of the northmost buttress of Ephel Dúath.

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And Boromir will tell you that that is a great open vale that lies between the Misty Mountains and the northmost foothills of Ered Nimrais, the White Mountains of his home.

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With its instruments toward Saturn, Cassini will capture images and data about the giant hurricanes on the planet’s north and south poles, and the massive and enigmatic hexagon at its northmost reaches.

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Related Words

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