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north of 60

north of 60 noun: northern Canada, usually including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, approximately above the 60th parallel north.

Noun

north of 60 (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, informal) Northern Canada, usually including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, approximately above the 60th parallel north.
    • [...] Most importantly, Magnetic North suggests a politics of locations — mine, yours, voices from the past, from north of sixty, from newly arrived Canadians — because it ...2002, Sherrill E. Grace, Canada and the Idea of North, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 263
    • That was before the Johnsons had gone north of Sixty. But they were wandering, and steadily upward.2012, James Oliver Curwood, The Golden Snare, The Floating Press, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of north of 60

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Questions about north of 60

What does north of 60 mean?
North of 60 means northern Canada, usually including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, approximately above the 60th parallel north.
What part of speech is north of 60?
North of 60 is a noun.

Words near north of 60 in the dictionary

  1. North Northamptonshire
  2. north northeast
  3. north northwest
  4. North Ockendon
  5. north of
  6. north of 60
  7. North of England
  8. north of sixty
  9. north of the border
  10. north of Watford
  11. North Okanagan

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