northland
noun
north·land
ˈnȯrth-ˌland 
-lənd
often capitalized
: land in the north : the north of a country
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The snowflakes across the northland are arriving pretty much on schedule and are due to a cold front that will drop out of Canada and sweep across Wisconsin on Thursday into Friday.
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Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
According to one, which by tradition may be told only after snow blankets the northland, the Creator asked the original man and his wolf to travel the earth together.
—The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2021
Fake snow was sprinkled from the rafters to fit the northland theme the Vikings have embraced since moving in five years ago.
—Dave Campbell, ajc, 27 Sep. 2021
Yet, in some lakes and reservoirs in the northland, catfishing doesn’t end when the leaves fall from the trees.
—Dr. Jason Halfen, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2020
Like many northland settlers, Stegner’s father was a roamer.
—Porter Fox, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
Maine’s northland was once a premier destination for outdoor sportspeople in America.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
The emptiness of the northland was unfamiliar to me.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
The Northwest was the final stretch of the northland for me as well.
—Porter Fox, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
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Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
According to one, which by tradition may be told only after snow blankets the northland, the Creator asked the original man and his wolf to travel the earth together.
—The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2021
Fake snow was sprinkled from the rafters to fit the northland theme the Vikings have embraced since moving in five years ago.
—Dave Campbell, ajc, 27 Sep. 2021
Yet, in some lakes and reservoirs in the northland, catfishing doesn’t end when the leaves fall from the trees.
—Dr. Jason Halfen, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2020
Like many northland settlers, Stegner’s father was a roamer.
—Porter Fox, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
Maine’s northland was once a premier destination for outdoor sportspeople in America.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
The emptiness of the northland was unfamiliar to me.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
The Northwest was the final stretch of the northland for me as well.
—Porter Fox, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
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northland
noun
north·land
ˈnȯrth-ˌland
-lənd
often capitalized
: land in the north : the north of a country or region
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