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northside

northside noun: the northern side of a building, street, area etc.

Noun

northside (plural northsides)

  1. The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
    • It consists of three stories with two gables both on the south- and northsides.1903, H. Henkenius, Guide through Heidelberg and its environs
    • The retail section had two divisions - the southside and the northside - with Grafton Street being the main shopping street of the southside, and Henry Street and Moore Street the flagships of the northside.1999, Brendan O'Carroll, The Mammy

Examples of northside in a sentence

  • Alderman Joseph Greenstein, a member of the Minneapolis Qty Council representing the northside, published a ten-point proposal for improving the northside area.2008, The History of the Founding of the Legal Rights Center:
  • First, it is the access point to the northside of the famous Nauset Cut.2010, Tom Keer, Flyfisher's Guide to the New England Coast, page 159:

Forms of northside

pluralnorthsides
alternative formnorth side
alternative formNorthside

Origin of northside

From north + side.

Words formed from northside

Questions about northside

What does northside mean?
Northside means the northern side of a building, street, area etc.
How do you use northside in a sentence?
Alderman Joseph Greenstein, a member of the Minneapolis Qty Council representing the northside, published a ten-point proposal for improving the northside area.
What part of speech is northside?
Northside is a noun.
What is the plural of northside?
The plural of northside is northsides.

Words near northside in the dictionary

  1. Northrop
  2. Northrops
  3. Northrup
  4. Northrups
  5. norths
  6. northside
  7. northsider
  8. northsiders
  9. northsides
  10. northsouth
  11. Northstowe

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