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Word entry · 5 letters

north

Best crossword clue

"Compass top"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /nɔːθ/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted hnortStarts with NEnds with H5 cluesVery common crossword word
1N2O3R4T5H

Definitions

  1. Direction opposite south

Word origin

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 developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying".

Used in a sentence

  • 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 […]

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Compass top5 letters
02Map-top direction5 letters
03Map-up direction5 letters
04Up on most maps5 letters
05Up on a map5 letters

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