down Northadv.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊn ˈnɔːθ/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊn ˈnɔrθ/, Canadian English

/ˌdaun ˈnɔrθ/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., north adv.

Etymology: < down adv. + north adv. Compare earlier down east adv.Perhaps with reference to inland rivers flowing down to this region, or perhaps to northern regions lying at a lower altitude from more southerly ones (compare down adv. 3a and down country adv.); perhaps compare also down east adv. Compare the following:1776 M. Cocking Jrnl. 28 May in Cumberland House Jrnls. (1951) 1st Ser. 50 Even now it is full early for Paddling in the Lakes down to the Northward.1887 Jrnls. Senate Canada 21 App. 142 If the post was situated down in the north, the servant received so much moose meat.

Canadian.

In or into Labrador and Newfoundland.

ΚΠ

1889 Zion's Herald 21 Aug. 270/4 Down North... Quirpon, Newfoundland, July 18... Here I am at the northern extremity of this sea-girt isle.

1911 W. T. Grenfell Down North on Labrador iii. 39 Rain is at that time an unexpected phenomenon away down north in Labrador.

1970 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 8 38 We ignore the North, its coldness, its emptiness, its menace, and its promise—why? Because it is too terrible; it is a terror only some of us, those who live ‘down North’, have exorcized and tamed.

2013 J. A. Webb in W. J. Buxton Harold Innis & North 184 It is interesting that he chose to use Newfoundland colloquial speech here in referring to traveling North as going down north.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	down north
释义	down Northadv. Brit. /ˌdaʊn ˈnɔːθ/, U.S. /ˌdaʊn ˈnɔrθ/, Canadian English /ˌdaun ˈnɔrθ/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., north adv. Etymology: < down adv. + north adv. Compare earlier down east adv.Perhaps with reference to inland rivers flowing down to this region, or perhaps to northern regions lying at a lower altitude from more southerly ones (compare down adv. 3a and down country adv.); perhaps compare also down east adv. Compare the following:1776 M. Cocking Jrnl. 28 May in Cumberland House Jrnls. (1951) 1st Ser. 50 Even now it is full early for Paddling in the Lakes down to the Northward.1887 Jrnls. Senate Canada 21 App. 142 If the post was situated down in the north, the servant received so much moose meat. Canadian. In or into Labrador and Newfoundland. ΚΠ 1889 Zion's Herald 21 Aug. 270/4 Down North... Quirpon, Newfoundland, July 18... Here I am at the northern extremity of this sea-girt isle. 1911 W. T. Grenfell Down North on Labrador iii. 39 Rain is at that time an unexpected phenomenon away down north in Labrador. 1970 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 8 38 We ignore the North, its coldness, its emptiness, its menace, and its promise—why? Because it is too terrible; it is a terror only some of us, those who live ‘down North’, have exorcized and tamed. 2013 J. A. Webb in W. J. Buxton Harold Innis & North 184 It is interesting that he chose to use Newfoundland colloquial speech here in referring to traveling North as going down north. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1889
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