- north
- north [nôrth]n.[ME < OE, akin to Du noord, Ger nord, ON northr < IE base * ner-, beneath, below > Gr nerteros, lower]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 pole2. the point on a compass at 0° or 360°, directly opposite south3. a region or district in or toward this direction4. [often N-] the northern part of the earth, esp. the arctic regionsadj.1. in, of, to, toward, or facing the north2. from the north [a north wind]3. [N-] designating the northern part of a continent, country, etc. [North Africa]adv.in or toward the north; in a northerly direction——————the North☆ that part of the U.S. which is bounded on the south by Md., the Ohio River, and Mo.; specif., the states opposed to the Confederacy in the Civil War
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.