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Any region lying in or toward the north
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septentrion
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context obsolete English) Of or relating to the north; northern. n. (context obsolete English) The north or northern regions.
Wikipedia
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Septentrion is an obsolete Latin word, once used in English and French, to describe northern regions or the north. See Septentrional and Septentrionalist (a modern term). Septentrion may also refer to: Septentrion (album) , a 2006 release by Québécois rapper, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Septentrion \Sep*ten"tri*on\, n. [L. septentrio the northern regions, the north, fr. septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen; septem ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"the Big Dipper;" Middle English septentrioun (1530s in reference to the star pattern; late 14c. as "the North," and septentrional "northern," in reference to the sky, is attested from late 14c.), from Latin septentriones , septemtriones (plural) "the Great ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any region lying in or toward the north [syn: North , northland ]
Usage examples of septentrion.
You were outside when the Septentrion camedid you tell him something to inflame him against me?
The mysterious Septentrion and his challenge, then Hildegrin, and now this.
If we had met him first, I would have had some idea, or thought I had some idea, of why a hipparch of the Septentrion Guard would want to fight me.
The Septentrion threw back his cape and raised a gauntleted hand to the shoulder of his cuirass.
The Septentrion was advancing with an irregular motion, his avern gripped beneath the lowest leaves by his left hand, and his right thrust forward as though to wrestle mine from me.
The septs banded together in the matter of trade, however, creating the Septentrion as a trade union that protects the financial interests of all the septs.
The representatives of the septs who serve in the Septentrion deal with outside merchants and bargain the best prices for Arpathian goods, including the legendary work of Arpathian goldsmiths.
The Septentrion also sends a delegate to serve as a director of the Portal Authority and assists septmen who want to join the PAAF as soldiers or to apply to the Portal Authority for training to explore the multiverse as members of a civilian survey crew.
Arpathians of the Septentrion, famous for furs, amber, vast herds of horses, and nomadic warriors, and Uromathia.