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The hemisphere in Earth to the north of the Equator, in which 90% of the total land area on Earth is located.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Southern Hemisphere
Alternative letter-case form of Northern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: southern hemisphere
Broader terms: hemisphere
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see northern, hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hemisphere
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نِصْف اَلْكُرَة الْأَرْضِيَّة الشَّمَالِيّ
(niṣf al-kura l-ʔarḍiyya š-šamāliyy)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Armenian:
հյուսիսային կիսագունդ
(hyusisayin kisagund)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Chinese Mandarin:
北半球
(běibànqiú)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Czech:
severní polokoule
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Dutch:
noordelijke halfrond
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Esperanto:
norda duonglobo
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Finnish:
pohjoinen pallonpuolisko
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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French:
hémisphère nord
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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French:
hémisphère boréal
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Galician:
hemisferio norte
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Georgian:
ჩრდილოეთი ნახევარსფერო
(črdiloeti naxevarspero)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Georgian:
ჩრდილოეთი ჰემისფერო
(črdiloeti hemispero)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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German:
Nordhalbkugel
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Greek:
βόρειο ημισφαίριο
(vóreio imisfaírio)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Hawaiian:
poepoe hapa ʻākau
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Hindi:
उत्तरी गोलार्ध
(uttarī golārdh)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Icelandic:
Norðurhvel
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Irish:
leathsféar thuaidh
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Italian:
emisfero boreale
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Japanese:
北半球
(kitahankyū)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Korean:
북반구
(bukban'gu)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Luxembourgish:
Nordhallefkugel
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Luxembourgish:
nërdlech Hallefkugel
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Luxembourgish:
nërdlech Hemisphär
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Māori:
Tuakoi Raki
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Portuguese:
hemisfério norte
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Russian:
Се́верное полуша́рие
(Sévernoje polušárije)
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Spanish:
hemisferio norte
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Swedish:
norra halvklotet
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Vietnamese:
bắc bán cầu
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Vietnamese:
bán cầu bắc
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator
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Welsh:
Hemisffer y Gogledd
— hemisphere to the north of the Equator