Northwards — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

in a northern direction

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈɔːɹθwɚdz/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈɔːθwədz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈɔːθwədz/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈɔːɹθwɚdz/.

Examples

they earn more up north
Let's go north!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

due north northward N north northerly

Parts of Speech

noun	the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
adverb	in a northern direction “they earn more up north”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

nordwärts

der Himmelskompass, der bei 0 oder 360 Grad liegt

🇫🇷French

vers le nord

le point cardinal de la boussole qui est à 0 ou 360 degrés

🇪🇸Spanish

hacia el norte

el punto cardinal de la brújula que está en 0 o 360 grados

🇮🇹Italian

verso nord

il punto cardinale della bussola che è a 0 o 360 gradi

🇳🇱Dutch

noordwaarts

het kardinale kompaspunt dat zich op 0 of 360 graden bevindt

🇵🇹Portuguese

para o norte

o ponto cardeal da bússola que está em 0 ou 360 graus

🇷🇺Russian

на север

кардинальная точка компаса, равная 0 или 360 градусам

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्तर की ओर

कार्डिनल कंपास बिंदु जो 0 या 360 डिग्री पर है

🇧🇩Bengali

উত্তর দিকে

কার্ডিনাল কম্পাস পয়েন্ট যা 0 বা 360 ডিগ্রীতে থাকে

🇮🇳Tamil

வடக்கு நோக்கி

0 அல்லது 360 டிகிரியில் இருக்கும் கார்டினல் திசைகாட்டி புள்ளி

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉత్తరం వైపు

0 లేదా 360 డిగ్రీల వద్ద ఉండే కార్డినల్ కంపాస్ పాయింట్

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्तरेकडे

कार्डिनल होकायंत्र बिंदू जो 0 किंवा 360 अंशांवर आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉત્તર તરફ

કાર્ડિનલ હોકાયંત્ર બિંદુ જે 0 અથવા 360 ડિગ્રી પર છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉತ್ತರಕ್ಕೆ

0 ಅಥವಾ 360 ಡಿಗ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಾರ್ಡಿನಲ್ ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ ಬಿಂದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വടക്കോട്ട്

0 അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 360 ഡിഗ്രിയിലുള്ള കാർഡിനൽ കോമ്പസ് പോയിൻ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉੱਤਰ ਵੱਲ

ਮੁੱਖ ਕੰਪਾਸ ਬਿੰਦੂ ਜੋ 0 ਜਾਂ 360 ਡਿਗਰੀ 'ਤੇ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

شمال کی طرف

کارڈنل کمپاس پوائنٹ جو 0 یا 360 ڈگری پر ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

向北

位于 0 度或 360 度的罗盘基点

🇯🇵Japanese

北へ

0 度または 360 度にある方位基準点

🇰🇷Korean

북쪽으로

0도 또는 360도에 있는 기본 나침반 지점

🇻🇳Vietnamese

về phía bắc

điểm la bàn hồng y ở 0 hoặc 360 độ

🇹🇭Thai

ไปทางเหนือ

จุดที่เข็มทิศคาร์ดินัลอยู่ที่ 0 หรือ 360 องศา

🇮🇩Indonesian

ke utara

titik mata angin kompas yaitu pada 0 atau 360 derajat

🇵🇭Filipino

pahilaga

ang cardinal compass point na nasa 0 o 360 degrees

🇲🇾Malay

arah utara

titik kompas kardinal yang berada pada 0 atau 360 darjah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شمالا

نقطة البوصلة الأساسية التي تكون عند 0 أو 360 درجة

🇮🇷Persian

به سمت شمال

نقطه اصلی قطب نما که در 0 یا 360 درجه است

🇹🇷Turkish

kuzeye doğru

0 veya 360 derecedeki ana pusula noktası

🇮🇱Hebrew

צפונה

נקודת המצפן הקרדינלית שנמצאת ב-0 או 360 מעלות

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