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The correct spelling is north.
How to pronounce north
/noːθ/
nounIPA: /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.One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
- 2.The up or positive direction.
- 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.To turn or move toward the north.
adjective
- 1.Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- 2.Toward the north; northward.
- 3.Of wind, from the north.
- 4.Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- 5.More or greater than.
adverb
- 1.Toward the north; northward; northerly.
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