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north

The correct spelling is north.

How to pronounce north

/noːθ/
noun

IPA: /noːθ/

Say it like: Nor-th

The correct spelling is north. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N. For example: "Minnesota is in the north of the USA."

Usage Examples

Minnesota is in the north of the USA.

Stock prices are heading north.

He lived in north Germany.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
  2. 2.The up or positive direction.
  3. 3.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).

verb

  1. 1.To turn or move toward the north.

adjective

  1. 1.Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
  2. 2.Toward the north; northward.
  3. 3.Of wind, from the north.
  4. 4.Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
  5. 5.More or greater than.

adverb

  1. 1.Toward the north; northward; northerly.

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