different between northern vs avon

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

Breton

Noun

avon f (plural avonioù)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of aven (“river”)

Esperanto

Noun

avon

1. accusative singular of avo

Finnish

Noun

avon

1. Genitive singular form of avo.

Anagrams

• nova, vaon

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) avant
• (Sutsilvan) avànt
• (Puter) aunz, avaunt

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ent- (“front, forehead”).

Preposition

avon

1. (Sursilvan) before, beforehand
2. (Sursilvan) ago