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North

noun

The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line.

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). Synonym: Union. "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union" , "The North's superior resources turned the scale"

The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees. Synonyms: due north, N, northward.

A location in the northern part of a country, region, or city.

The direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point.

The direction in which a compass needle points. Synonyms: compass north, magnetic north.

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792). Synonyms: Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford.

adjective

Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north. "The north portico"

adverb

In a northern direction. Synonyms: northerly, northward, northwards. "Let's go north!"

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"North" Quotes from Famous Books

... in such cases are not insuperable. But between these two there was something more. Denis Ryan was a revolutionary patriot. Mary Drennan's parents were proud of another loyalty. They hated what Denis loved. The two loyalties were strong and irreconcilable, like the loyalties of the South and the North when the South and the North ...

— Lady Bountiful - 1922 • George A. Birmingham

... enterprise. Among the names we find that of Captain John Smith. But he was out of the Council, nor was he given then or ever afterward any place or employment in Virginia, or in the management of its affairs. The grant included all the American coast two hundred miles north and two hundred miles south of Point Comfort, and all the territory from the coast up into the land throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest. A leading object of the project still being (as we have seen it ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... to go near the mud house on the following Monday; but he went. The distance is half a mile, and the time he took was two hours. This was owing to his setting out due west to reach a point due north; yet with the intention of deceiving none save himself. His reason had warned him to avoid the Egyptian, and his desires had consented to be dragged westward because they knew he had started too soon. When the proper time came they ...

— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie

... genuine grass growing on the downs outside the walls, and a rattling blast from the Black Sea, more welcome than all the balmy spices of Arabia, for it reminded me that I was once more in Europe, and must befit my costume to her ruder airs. This was indeed the north of the Balkan, and I must needs pull out my pea-jacket. How I relished those winds, waves, clouds, and grey skies! They reminded me of English nature and Dutch art. The Nore, the Downs, the Frith of Forth, and sundry dormant ...

— Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family • Andrew Archibald Paton

... to examine the ground, was anything but favorable. The valley we had entered, about a mile long and perhaps eight hundred yards wide at its southern extremity,—the river running here nearly due north and south,—gradually narrows, as the ridge which is its western boundary closely approaches the river-bank, until it becomes a mere ravine. The Chester road enters the valley at a point about equidistant from either ...

— Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War • Various

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