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词汇 northland
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Definition of northland in English:

northland

noun ˈnɔːθləndˈnôrTHlənd
mass nounalso northlandsliterary
  • The northern part of a country or region.

    〈诗/文〉(国家或地区的)北部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While all our fellow NYU Master of Social Work students head off to South Padre Island or Cabo San Lucas for spring break, my boyfriend and my gay self are off to the frozen northlands of Maine.
    • The figure stands inside the room known in the northlands as an Arctic entry, a buffer zone between the frigid outdoors and a house, similar to a farm's mud-room.
    • Paraic McTigue from Castlebar and myself had decided some weeks ago that we would hit the road to the northlands some evening to visit our friend of many years.
    • I grew up in the northlands, a land of fire, ice, and passion, and that fighting spirit seems to just be part of my people.
    • They were marching steadily across the marshy northlands, their pace slowed by the necessity of watching their feet for sinkholes and mud puddles.

Origin

Old English (see north, land).

Definition of northland in US English:

northland

nounˈnôrTHlənd
also northlandsliterary
  • The northern part of a country or region.

    〈诗/文〉(国家或地区的)北部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were marching steadily across the marshy northlands, their pace slowed by the necessity of watching their feet for sinkholes and mud puddles.
    • The figure stands inside the room known in the northlands as an Arctic entry, a buffer zone between the frigid outdoors and a house, similar to a farm's mud-room.
    • Paraic McTigue from Castlebar and myself had decided some weeks ago that we would hit the road to the northlands some evening to visit our friend of many years.
    • While all our fellow NYU Master of Social Work students head off to South Padre Island or Cabo San Lucas for spring break, my boyfriend and my gay self are off to the frozen northlands of Maine.
    • I grew up in the northlands, a land of fire, ice, and passion, and that fighting spirit seems to just be part of my people.

Origin

Old English (see north, land).

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