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northernmost

northernmost

9 3.4
Farthest to the north of a country or area
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɔrðərnˌmoʊst/
translation icon : más al norte
  • Heron Pond and its companions—Watson Pond and Goose Pond—are the northernmost bald cypress swamps in the nation's heartland.
  • northernmost outpost
  • northernmost province
  • northernmost part

So we decided we were going to drive from the northern, the northernmost point in the continental United States to the southernmost point.

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Examples

  • I am officially stepping on the northernmost point of all of Africa.

  • Founded in 1733 by German farm families, this is the northernmost town in Loudoun County.

    Blog text (14)
  • First we're going to start with the northernmost state...

  • We are in the northernmost part of the United States.

  • Beyond the island was a wide, muddy-brown channel, the northernmost arm of the great river.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • From Spitzbergen, Norway... ...the northernmost weather station in the world.

  • We offer our services to protect the Avatar until he reaches the northernmost border of the Earth Kingdom.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Did you know that the penguins that live on the Galapagos are the northernmost penguins in the world?

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The details of pre-Columbian settlement in this northernmost spur of the Andes are not well known.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We are in the northernmost part of the United States.

Synonyms

northmost
vsnorthernmost
1 6.2

At the farthest north point of a place

has identical meaning but differs as an alternative written form

Antonyms

8 4.0

The farthest point to the south in an area

How North

northernmost
9 3.4
northern
483 1.0
central
993 1.0
southern
480 1.0
southernmost
8 4.0

Surface Forms

northernmost positive

Morphology

northernmost = northern (transparent) = north + ern + most

Built from the adjective 'northern' plus the superlative suffix '-most', giving the clear meaning 'farthest north'.

Etymology

Northernmost comes from the simple word north, meaning the direction at the top of a map, plus the ending -most, which means 'the furthest'. So, northernmost means 'furthest to the north' or at the point farthest north.