Definitions
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 […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Compass top”5 letters
02“Map-top direction”5 letters
03“Map-up direction”5 letters
04“Up on most maps”5 letters
05“Up on a map”5 letters
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