north

north (http://definr.com/north)

     adj : situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
           north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
           [ant: south]
     n 1: the region of the United States lying north of the
          Mason-Dixon line [syn: North]
     2: 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" [syn: Union,
         North]
     3: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
         due north, N]
     4: any region lying in or toward the north [syn: North, northland,
         septentrion]
     5: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: {magnetic
        north}, compass north]
     6: British statesman under George III whose policies led to
        rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: North,
         Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford]
     adv : in a northern direction; "they earn more up North"; "Let's
           go north!" [syn: North, to the north, in the north,
            northerly, northwards, northward]