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northern soul

northern soul noun: a music and dance movement of northern England in the late 1960s, mainly based around black American soul music.

Noun (1)

northern soul (uncountable)

  1. A music and dance movement of northern England in the late 1960s, mainly based around black American soul music.
    • The overwhelmingly young population involved in northern soul needed to find a way out of the depression slowly taking over the UK in the seventies. Speed gave them the edge they needed to rise above all the pain and frustration of a country losing its way.2000, Julian Durlacher, Miriam Joseph, Speed: Its History and Lore, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 48
    • Meanwhile more people were either leaving behind the Northern Soul scene and enjoying the jazz-funk scene, or combining the two.2012, David Nowell, The Story of Northern Soul, Portico, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Northern Soul

Northern Soul (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of northern soul.

Forms of northern soul

alternative formNorthern Soul

Questions about northern soul

What does northern soul mean?
Northern soul means a music and dance movement of northern England in the late 1960s, mainly based around black American soul music.
What part of speech is northern soul?
Northern soul is a noun.

Words near northern soul in the dictionary

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  2. northern snakeheads
  3. northern solstice
  4. northern solstices
  5. Northern Sotho
  6. northern soul
  7. northern spell
  8. Northern State
  9. Northern States
  10. northern storm petrel
  11. northern storm petrels

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