north

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
North \North\ (n[^o]rth), n. [AS. nor[eth]; akin to D. noord,
   G., Sw., & Dan. nord, Icel. nor[eth]r. Cf. {Norman},
   {Norse}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at
      any place, which lies in the direction of the true
      meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the
      east; the direction opposite to the south.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than
      another; the northern section of a country.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north
      of Mason and Dixon's line. See under {Line}.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
North \North\, a.
   Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a
   northern direction from the point of observation or
   reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the
   north.
   [1913 Webster]

   {North following}. See {Following}, a., 2.

   {North pole}, that point in the heavens, or on the earth,
      ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.

   {North preceding}. See {Following}, a., 2.

   {North star}, the star toward which the north pole of the
      earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems
      fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha)
      of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being
      distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to
      year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
      {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
North \North\, v. i.
   To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or
   west toward the north.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
North \North\, adv.
   Northward.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
North, AR
  Zip code(s): 71635
North, SC (town, FIPS 50560)
  Location: 33.61706 N, 81.10313 W
  Population (1990): 809 (339 housing units)
  Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 29112
North, VA
  Zip code(s): 23128
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
North, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
   Population (2000):    813
   Housing Units (2000): 412
   Land area (2000):     0.852502 sq. miles (2.207971 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.852502 sq. miles (2.207971 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            50560
   Located within:       South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
   Location:             33.615983 N, 81.103588 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     29112
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    North, SC
    North
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "north":
      Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic,
      Middle West, N, New England, North, North Central region,
      Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast,
      Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland, antarctic,
      arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card,
      compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost,
      eastern, easternmost, eastland, eastward, half points, hyperborean,
      lubber line, meridional, north about, northbound, northeast,
      northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost,
      northland, northward, northwardly, northwards, northwest,
      northwesterly, northwestern, norward, occident, occidental, orient,
      oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast,
      southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost,
      southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset,
      the Coast, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost,
      westland, westward, wild West
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