North Country

noun

1. the part of England north of the Humber estuary.
2. Alaska and the Yukon territory of Canada (as a geographical and economic unit).

North Country

noun

1. another name for North 1
2. the geographic region formed by Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

Example Sentences

Charlize Theron: winner for Best Actress: Monster; nominated for Best Actress: North Country.

From The Daily Beast

The farm folks, up in this north country, dread the winter; but I was supremely happy, from the day of the first snowfall.

From The Daily Beast

You remember his talking about the old North Country Hall he took for the shooting?

From Project Gutenberg

I expect it's your uncle's rough north-country tongue that's the matter.

From Project Gutenberg

It is another tale of the North Country, full of the odor of wood and field.

From Project Gutenberg

The ploughmen, in the north country, draw a plough from door to door, and beg money for drink; from whence this took its name.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon a time a man of the north country, owning a sao bird, stole a buffalo from his neighbor and killed it.

From Project Gutenberg