North Country

the part of England north of the Humber estuary.

Alaska and the Yukon territory of Canada (as a geographical and economic unit).

Example sentences from the Web for north country

This notion grew and crystallized; thus adding to his natural North-country conceit.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling
What is the etymology of grasson, a word used in some north-country manors for a fine paid on alienation of copyhold lands?

Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 |Various
This in turn became navigable, after the north-country fashion.

The Silent Places |Steward Edward White
A north-country house should have a summer heart, which is a fountain, and a winter heart which is a fireplace.

Child and Country |Will Levington Comfort

The mother is a north-country woman, with a touch of Scotch about her, clean and sweet, though a bit dusty with the long road.

The Worn Doorstep |Margaret Sherwood

North Country

another name for North 1 (def. 1)

the geographic region formed by Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut