1. (noun)North the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
2. (noun)Union, North 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"
3. (noun)north, due north, northward, N the cardinalcompasspoint that is at 0 or 360 degrees
6. (noun)north, magnetic north, compass north the direction in which a compassneedle points
7. (noun)North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford Britishstatesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
8. (adj)north situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
9. (adverb)north, northerly, northwards, northward in a northerndirection "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"