Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated furthest to the north; northernmost.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Lying farthest north; northernmost.

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  • adjective Furthest to the north; most northern.

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  • adjective situated farthest north

Etymologies

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north +‎ -most

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Examples

  • So, even though our northmost hive has a whole lot fewer bees in it, now we have a fifth hive.

    Dave Snyder: The Bee Swarm 2010

  • Our northmost hive (not the Varroa infected hive) had swarmed to a bradford pear tree just next to the restaurant.

    Dave Snyder: The Bee Swarm 2010

  • Our northmost hive (not the Varroa infected hive) had swarmed to a bradford pear tree just next to the restaurant.

    Dave Snyder: The Bee Swarm 2010

  • So, even though our northmost hive has a whole lot fewer bees in it, now we have a fifth hive.

    Dave Snyder: The Bee Swarm 2010

  • And there are starship troopers-like Insects, that have infested the northmost part of the Fourlands (and have come from one of the parallel worlds).

    Dusk Before the Dawn » 2007 » June 2007

  • Some moments taken in Panchgarh, the northmost district of Bangladesh, where people's daily life is simpler than our imagination.

    Moments from Panchgarh 2008

  • Some memorable moments from my Panchgarh tour, the northmost district of my country, Bangladesh.

    Some moments from Panchgarh 2008

  • Just inside the northmost gate of Orgrimaar is an alcove in the canyons, dominated by a small lake and the reed-thatched huts of the trolls.

    MMOG Nation » World of Warcraft Beta Journal #9 2004

  • In the hour of dawn, as the first rosy fingers of light spread out upon the sea, shining on whitecaps and gilding the wings of gulls as they sailed over the heights where the water met the cliffs of northmost Karthay, a dwarf mage roused from his tortured sleep in the castle all folk around knew as the Citadel of Night.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • In the days of Phair Caron's border raids, the refugees had been a trickle, a few fleeing the burning of villages in the northmost part of the land.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

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