northernmost

English

Etymology

From northern +‎ -most.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.ðənˌməʊst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚnˌmoʊst/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

northernmost (not comparable)

1. Farthest north.

   Synonyms: northmost, (uncommon) northest

   Alaska is the northernmost American state.

   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47:

     For those coming by rail from London and the South East, the only direct service each day (LNER's 'Highland Chieftain') takes approximately eight hours to reach the UK's northernmost city [Inverness].

Translations

farthest north

• Bulgarian: най-северен (naj-severen)
• Czech: nejsevernější (cs)
• Danish: nordligste
• Dutch: noordelijkst (nl)
• Georgian: ყველაზე ჩრდილოეთით (q̇velaze črdiloetit), ყველაზე ჩრდილო (q̇velaze črdilo)
• German: nördlichster (de) m
• Greek: βορειότερος (voreióteros)
• Hungarian: legészakibb (hu)
• Italian: più a nord
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordligste

  Nynorsk: nordlegaste

• Russian: са́мый се́верный (sámyj sévernyj), (informal) наисевернейший (naisevernejšij)
• Slovak: najsevernejší
• Swedish: nordligaste (sv)

See also

• southernmost
• westernmost
• easternmost