Read full poem →The shires have seen it plain,
From north and south the sign returns
And beacons burn again.
Dictionary Entry
One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
In a Sentence
“Minnesota is in the north of the USA.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
america northcarolina northamerican north. northafrica northside northnorth milesnorth far
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “north”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →At Hughley than the quick.
North, for a soon-told number,
Chill graves the sexton delves,
Read full poem →Went forth again with both my friends. Werode 165
Many a long league back to the North. At last
From hills that look’d across a land of hope
Read full poem →O Darling Room
To Christopher North
The Skipping Rope
Read full poem →O Darling Room
To Christopher North
The Skipping Rope
Read full poem →O Darling Room
To Christopher North
The Skipping Rope
Read full poem →The keen white-winged north-easter
That stings and spurs thy sea
Read full poem →In the hollow before it the thunder is taken and snared as a prey;
In its sides is the north-wind bound; and its salt is of all men's
tears;