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any region lying in or toward the north the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees the direction in which a compass needle points situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico" northbound, north-central, northerly, northernmost, northeastern, northeasterly, northwestern, northwesterly, northeastward, northwestward in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let''s go 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" |
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