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SEPTENTRION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Septentrion mean?
• SEPTENTRION (noun)
The noun SEPTENTRION has 1 sense:
1. any region lying in or toward the north
Familiarity information: SEPTENTRION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any region lying in or toward the north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Septentrion" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Attribute:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
northern (situated in or coming from regions of the north)
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