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north

noun

  1. the direction to the right of a person facing the sunset; direction of the North Pole from any other point on the earth's surface: the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole rather than to the geographic pole
  2. the point on a compass at 0° or 360°, directly opposite south
  3. a region or district in or toward this direction
  4. the northern part of the earth, esp. the arctic regions

adjective

  1. in, of, to, toward, or facing the north
  2. from the north: a north wind
  3. designating the northern part of a continent, country, etc.: North Africa

adverb

in or toward the north; in a northerly direction

North, Frederick 2d Earl of Guilford 1732-92; Eng. statesman: prime minister of Great Britain (1770-82): called Lord North

See north in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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