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Dictionary definition for the word "north"
north
7 definitions
1: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico" [ant: south] n 2: the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line 3: the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: Union] 4: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: due north, {N}] 5: any region lying in or toward the north [syn: northland, septentrion] 6: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: magnetic north, compass north] 7: British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford] adv : in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: to the north, in the north, northerly, northwards, northward] |
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