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Meaning of north

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  north
      adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north";
             "Let's go north!" [syn: {north}, {northerly},
             {northwards}, {northward}]
      adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
             north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
             [ant: {south}]
      n 1: the region of the United States lying to the north of the
           Mason-Dixon line
      2: the United States (especially the northern states during the
         American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the
         Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the
         North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: {Union},
         {North}]
      3: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
         {north}, {due north}, {northward}, {N}]
      4: a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
      5: the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass
         point
      6: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: {north},
         {magnetic north}, {compass north}]
      7: British statesman under George III whose policies led to
         rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: {North},
         {Frederick North}, {Second Earl of Guilford}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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