Definition

• noun: the dialect of English spoken in the part of the United States 'north' of a line running 'northwest' through central New Jersey, below the northern tier of counties in Pennsylvania, through northern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, across central Iowa, and through the northwest corner of South Dakota
• adjective: located in or toward the north
• adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated North
• synonyms: north, northerly, septentrional