Meaning of north | Babel Free

Definitions

1. north, northern
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
   US
4. The northern states of the United States.
   US
5. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
6. north (compass point)
7. The up or positive direction.
   countable, uncountable
8. The Union during the American Civil War.
   US
9. A civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
   countable, uncountable
10. north wind
11. 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).
    countable, uncountable
12. The North of England, a cultural region.
    UK
13. A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
    countable, uncountable
14. guide, inspiration
15. Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
    alt-of, countable, uncountable
16. Northern Ireland.
    Ireland
17. 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.
    countable, uncountable
18. goal, objective
19. In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
    countable, uncountable
20. North Korea.
21. The north of anywhere else.
22. 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.

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Examples

“Minnesota is in the north of the USA.”

“Stock prices are heading back towards the north.”

“[…] and after independence the north clung to sugar production longer than the south, with the result that when the north took […]”

“If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.”

“Many early Christian basilicas were designed with twin ambos for the proclamation of the epistle (on the liturgical south side) and the Gospel (on the north). The separation of the ambos indicated the distinction that should be accorded the Gospel, which was proclaimed from the north as if evangelization needed to happen to the geographically southern part of the world.”

“At St. Andrew's, ecclesiastical north, south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest.”

“The new St Mary's Anglican Church, Walkerville, has an attached rectory flanking to the liturgical south and an attached parish hall flanking to the liturgical north, both half-timbered in the Tudor Revival style. [Referring to a church that is oriented SSE, making "south" WSW]”

“The North lost most battles early in the war.”

“In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.”

“In economic terms, the North controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world.”

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