Northern Hemisphere

See also: northern hemisphere

English

The Northern Hemisphere

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Northern Hemisphere

2. The hemisphere in the Earth to the north of the Equator, in which 90% of the total land area on Earth is located.

   Synonym: Southern Hemisphere

Coordinate terms

• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Water Hemisphere
• Land Hemisphere

Translations

hemisphere to the north of the Equator

• Arabic: نِصْف اَلْكُرَة الْأَرْضِيَّة الشَّمَالِيّ m (niṣf al-kura l-ʔarḍiyya š-šamāliyy)
• Armenian: հյուսիսային կիսագունդ (hyusisayin kisagund)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北半球 (zh) (běibànqiú)

• Dutch: noordelijke halfrond n
• Esperanto: norda duonglobo
• Finnish: pohjoinen pallonpuolisko
• French: hémisphère nord (fr) m, hémisphère boréal m
• Galician: hemisferio norte (gl) m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ნახევარსფერო (črdiloeti naxevarspero), ჩრდილოეთი ჰემისფერო (črdiloeti hemispero)
• German: Nordhalbkugel (de) f
• Greek: βόρειο ημισφαίριο (el) n (vóreio imisfaírio)
• Hindi: उत्तरी गोलार्ध (uttarī golārdh)
• Icelandic: Norðurhvel n
• Irish: leathsféar thuaidh m
• Italian: emisfero boreale m
• Japanese: 北半球 (ja) (kitahankyū)
• Korean: 북반구(北半球) (ko) (bukban'gu)
• Luxembourgish: Nordhallefkugel f, nërdlech Hallefkugel f, nërdlech Hemisphär f
• Maori: Tuakoi Raki
• Portuguese: hemisfério norte m
• Russian: Се́верное полуша́рие n (Sévernoje polušárije)
• Spanish: hemisferio norte m
• Swedish: norra halvklotet n (definite)
• Vietnamese: bắc bán cầu (vi) (北半球), bán cầu bắc