Like its northerly neighbors in Central America, the marimba is a very popular instrument, and Costa Rican marimba music is very popular.
Cagliari has a far more cosmopolitan feel than its northerly neighbours.
San Jose has more reasons to crow these days as it continues its rivalry with its northerly neighbor, San Francisco.
It flows generally west from its origins west of Ohura, roughly paralleling the course of its northerly neighbour, the larger Mokau River.
The mountain is isolated from the nearby High Rock Range, except for its northerly neighbour, the Seven Sisters Mountain.
Though Bormio is nestled amid snowy peaks not far from the Swiss and Austrian borders, in spirit it seems many miles away from those northerly neighbors.
Channel Islanders are not British subjects but these self-governing islands have an enduring connection with their northerly neighbour, and they produced some notable defiance of the occupying forces.
In his work, Caesar describes the Aquitani as being different in language and body make-up from their northerly neighbours and more similar to the Iberians.
The vizier seems to have adopted a sharply antagonistic position towards the Hittites, favoring the appeasement of their belligerent Assyrian northerly neighbor.
Like its more northerly neighbour, it is an area of astonishing but stark beauty, with mountains rising sheer to dizzying heights from quiet lochs.