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      north
      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.
      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.
      The north of anywhere else.
      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 town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
      A civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
      A number of townships in the United States, including in Indiana (2), Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio, listed under North Township; most are named named for their location.
      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:]
      verb
      (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
      adjective
      Toward the north; northward.
      Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
      (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
      (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.
      Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
      adverb
      Toward the north; northward; northerly.
      Synonyms for north
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