Northern may refer to the following:

Geography

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe *

Northern Highland The Northern Highland is a geographical region in the north central United States covering much of the northern territory of the state of Wisconsin. The region stretches from the state border with Minnesota in the west to the Michigan border i ...

, a region of Wisconsin, United States *

Northern Province, Sri Lanka The Northern Province ( ta, வட மாகாணம் ''Vaṭa Mākāṇam''; si, උතුරු පළාත ''Uturu Paḷāta'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The province ...

* Northern Range, a range of hills in Trinidad

Schools

Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School (NCIVS) is a Canadian public secondary school (high school). It is located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the 13 secondary schools within Lambton Kent District School Board. Departments ...

(NCIVS), a school in Sarnia, Canada *

Northern Secondary School Northern Secondary School (often referred to as Northern Secondary, Northern, or NSS) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It teaches grades 9 through 12. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to Amalga ...

, Toronto, Canada *

Northern Secondary School (Sturgeon Falls) Northern Secondary School, or simply Northern, is a secondary school in the town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, in the Nipissing District of Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Near North District School Board. See also *List of high schools in ...

, Ontario, Canada *

Northern University (disambiguation) Northern University may refer to: *Ahmadu Bello University, formerly known as University of Northern Nigeria *Beijing Jiaotong University, formerly known as Northern Jiaotong University *Charles Darwin University, formerly known as Northern Territor ...

, various institutions *

Northern Guilford High School Northern Guilford High School is a public high school located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is situated in proximity to NC Highway 150, which connects to Browns Summit and to Summerfield. It opened its doors to students on January 29, 2008. ...

, a public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina

Companies

Arriva Rail North Arriva Rail North, branded as Northern by Arriva (legal name Arriva Rail North Limited) was a train operating company in Northern England which began operating the Northern franchise on 1 April 2016 and inherited units from the previous operato ...

, a former train operating company in northern England *

Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited T/A Danske Bank is a retail bank in Northern Ireland. Northern Bank is one of the oldest banks in Ireland having been formed in 1809, and forms part of one of the Big Four (banking)#Ireland, Big Four banks in Ireland. Nor ...

, commercial bank in Northern Ireland *

Northern Foods Northern Foods is a British food manufacturer headquartered in Wakefield, England. It was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the original FTSE 100 Index. The company is credited, together with Marks & Spencer ...

, based in Leeds, England *

Northern Pictures Northern Pictures is an Australian-based television production company, which develops and produces unscripted and factual television programs for multiple television channels in Australia and internationally. The company was founded by Sue Cl ...

, an Australian-based television production company *

Northern Rail Northern Rail, branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016. It was the primary passenger train operator in Northern England, and operated th ...

, a former train operating company in northern England *

Northern Railway of Canada The Northern Railway of Canada was a railway in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was the first steam railway to enter service in what was then known as Upper Canada. It was eventually acquired by the Grand Trunk Railway, and is therefore ...

, a defunct railway in Ontario *

Northern Records Northern Records is an independent record label in California. It was founded in 1999 and is distributed in the United States and Canada by RED Distribution (Sony BMG). Releases See also * List of record labels * RED Distribution * Sony BMG ...

, a Southern California independent record label *

Northern Store The North West Company is a multinational Canadian grocery and retail company which operates stores in Canada's western provinces and northern territories, as well as the US states of Alaska, Hawaii, and several other countries and US terr ...

, a food and general merchandise store owned and operated by The North West Company *

Northern Trains Northern Trains, branded as Northern, (legally Northern Trains Limited) is a publicly owned train operating company in England. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail Nor ...

, a train operating company in northern England *

Northern Trust Northern Trust Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Chicago that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and ultra high net worth individuals. Northern Trust is one of the largest banking institutions in the Uni ...

, an international financial services company based in Chicago, Illinois

Transport

Northern (automobile) Northern Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, automobiles designed by Charles Brady King. Early advertising included catchy phrases such as "''Utility is the Basis for Beauty''" and ''"Built for ...

, an early American car *

Northern line The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs from North London to South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. The Northern line is unique on the Underground network in having two different routes through central London, two ...

, a part of the London Underground network * Northern locomotive, a type of (

4-8-4 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type w ...

) steam locomotive

Other uses

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...

, former name of the Bradford Bulls, a British rugby league football club *

Northern (Australian film genre) Australian Western, also known as meat pie Western or kangaroo Western, is a broad genre of Western-style films or TV series set in the Australian outback or "the bush". Films about bushrangers (sometimes called bushranger films) are included i ...

, a sub-genre of the Australian Western *

Northern (genre) The Northern or Northwestern is a genre in various arts that tell stories set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska. It is similar to the Western genre, but ...

, a genre of Western films set in Canada or Alaska *

Northern AFC Founded in 1888 Northern AFC is the oldest continually operating football club in the Southern Hemisphere. Based in North Dunedin, the club has 12 Senior teams playing in the Football South Federation region. The club also has a Junior footbal ...

, an association football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand *

Northern Hotel Northern Hotel is a historic hotel located at 19 North Broadway in the Downtown Core of Billings, Montana, United States. History Construction of the original three-story Northern Hotel was begun in 1902 by two of Billings' early business tycoo ...

, a historic hotel in Billings, Montana *

Northern Hotel (Nevada) The Northern Hotel was a three-story hotel located in Ely, Nevada. Three businessmen from Goldfield, Nevada, including Tex Rickard, commissioned the building's construction in 1906. The building was initially proposed as a three-story business bloc ...

, a former hotel in Ely, Nevada *

Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a p ...

, fish often called a "northern"