Hyphenation of northern

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northern? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

north-ern

Definitions of northern:

1.	A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
2.	In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line Northern liberals Northern industry Northern cities
3.	Situated in or oriented toward the north The northern suburbs Going in a northerly direction
4.	Coming from the north Used especially of wind The north wind doth blow A northern snowstorm The winds are northerly
5.	Situated in or coming from regions of the north The northern hemisphere Northern autumn colors

Synonyms of northern:

adj	northern, blue, Union, Federal, Yankee
adj	northerly, north
adj	northerly, north
adj	northern, boreal, circumboreal, north-central, septrional
noun	Northern, Middle English

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.