northside

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noun

The northern side of a building, street, area etc.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounnorthside (plural northsides)

plural northsides · alternative north side · alternative Northside

  1. The northern side of a building, street, area etc.

    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
    3 more examples

    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

    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

Origin

Translations

Dutch noordkant, noordzijde
  • noordkantthe northern side of a building, street, area, etc.
  • noordzijdethe northern side of a building, street, area, etc.
  • noorderzijdethe northern side of a building, street, area, etc.
Finnish pohjoispuoli, pohjoissivu
  • pohjoispuolithe northern side of a building, street, area, etc.
  • pohjoissivuthe northern side of a building, street, area, etc.

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APA

northside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northside

MLA

“northside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “northside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northside.

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