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north Definition

• (a) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
• (n) the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line
• (n) 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"
• (n) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
• (n) any region lying in or toward the north
• (n) the direction in which a compass needle points
• (n) British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
• (r) in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let''s go north!"

north Synonyms

• compass north
• due north
• Frederick North
• in the north
• magnetic north
• N
• North
• northerly
• northland
• northward
• northwards
• Second Earl of Guilford
• septentrion
• to the north
• Union