The term NORTHERNER can be broken down into three crossword solutions: ALEUT (5 letters), YANKEE (6 letters), and LAPP (4 letters). The ALEUT are an indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. YANKEE is a term used to refer to people from the Northeastern United States, particularly New England. Finally, the LAPP are an indigenous people of northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. All three terms refer to people living in the Northern Hemisphere.