Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

northside

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: north-side
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"It consists of three stories with two gables both on the south- and northsides."
"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."
"Alderman Joseph Greenstein, a member of the Minneapolis Qty Council representing the northside, published a ten-point proposal for improving the northside area."
"First, it is the access point to the northside of the famous Nauset Cut."

Etymology

From north + side.

Inflected Forms

northsides (plural) north side (alternative)

Derived Forms

northsider

Frequently Paired Words

southside eastside westside downtown uptown midtown

Questions

What does northside mean?: The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
Where does northside come from?: From north + side.

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