Meanings
plural northsides · alternative north side · alternative Northside
- 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 1593 more examples
It consists of three stories with two gables both on the south- and northsides.
1903, H. Henkenius, Guide through Heidelberg and its environsThe 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 MammyAlderman 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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northside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northside
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