Meaning

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

noun the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nér Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros Proto-Germanic *nurþraz Proto-West Germanic *norþr Old English norþ Middle English north English north From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”). The meaning…

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