north

IPA: nˈɔrθ

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 0° (being directed towards the North Pole); conventionally upwards on a map.
The up or positive direction.
(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
(US) The northern states of the United States.
(US) The Union during the American Civil War.
(UK) The North of England, a cultural region.
(Ireland) Northern Ireland.
North Korea.
(politics, economics) A group of countries mainly lying north of the equator, including most of the West and the First World and much of the Second World.
A surname.
A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under North Township.
Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:]

Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
Toward the north; northward.
(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
(ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
(colloquial) More or greater than.

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