north
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adv
in a northern direction
they earn more up north
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adj
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
artists like north light
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noun
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
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noun
The up or positive direction.
Stock prices are heading back towards the north.
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
[…] and after independence the north clung to sugar production longer than the south, with the result that when the north took […]
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noun
In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.
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adj
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
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adj
Toward the north; northward.
The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
Etymology
From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”). The meaning developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying". Cognates Cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Yola noardth, nordh (“north”), North Frisian noor, nord, nuurd, Nuurđ (“north”), Saterland Frisian Noude, Nudde (“north”), West Frisian noard (“north”), Dutch noord (“north”), German Nord (“north”), Danish, Norwegian…