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say it: nawrth
north is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line". It is pronounced /ˈnɔɹθ/ — nawrth. It carries 9 recorded senses.
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)
“he has visited every state in the Union”
“Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union”
“the North's superior resources turned the scale”
United States
the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
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
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
“artists like north light”
“the north portico”
in a northern direction
“they earn more up north”
“Let's go north!”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for north come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.