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north of sixty

north of sixty is the alternative form of north of 60.

Meaning of north of 60

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

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North of sixty is the alternative form of north of 60.

Words near north of sixty in the dictionary

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

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