Phrase guide

north pole

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɔːθ.pəʊl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɔːθ ˈpəʊl/
  • General-American: /ˌnɔɹθ ˈpoʊl/
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1

name

Meaning 1

The Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole; the point which north is oriented towards, and therefore the northernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of 90°).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

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Meaning 2

The Magnetic North Pole of Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

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Meaning 3

The Geomagnetic North Pole of Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

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4

name

Meaning 4

The legendary location of Santa's workshop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences

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5

name

Meaning 5

A city in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.

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name

Meaning 6

A hamlet in the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 7

The northernmost point on celestial bodies other than Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 8

The positive pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic north.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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9

noun

Meaning 9

the northernmost point of the Earth's axis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pole

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Noordpool — northernmost point on Earth
  • Albanian: Poli i Veriut — northernmost point on Earth
  • Amharic: ስሜን ዋልታ (səmen walta) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Arabic: اَلْقُطْب اَلشَّمَالِيّ (al-quṭb aš-šamāliyy) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Arabic: القُطْب الشمالي (al-quṭb aš-šamāli, al-guṭb aš-šamāli) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Armenian: Հյուսիսային բեւեռ (Hyusisayin beweṙ) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Azerbaijani: şimal qütbü — northernmost point on Earth
  • Basque: iparburua — northernmost point on Earth
  • Belarusian: Паўночны полюс (Pawnóčny póljus) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Bengali: উত্তর মেরু (uttor meru) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Breton: pennahel an Norzh — northernmost point on Earth
  • Bulgarian: Северен полюс (Severen poljus) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Burmese: မြောက်ဝင်ရိုးစွန်း (mrauk-wang-rui:cwan:) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Catalan: pol Nord — northernmost point on Earth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北極 /北极 (bak1 gik6) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hakka Chinese: 北極 /北极 — northernmost point on Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北極 /北极 (Běijí) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Czech: severní pól — northernmost point on Earth
  • Danish: nordpolen — northernmost point on Earth
  • Dutch: Noordpool — northernmost point on Earth
  • Erzya: пелеве почо (peleve počo) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Esperanto: Norda poluso — northernmost point on Earth
  • Estonian: põhjapoolus — northernmost point on Earth
  • Finnish: pohjoisnapa — northernmost point on Earth
  • French: pôle Nord — northernmost point on Earth
  • West-Frisian: Noardpoal — northernmost point on Earth
  • Galician: Polo Norte — northernmost point on Earth
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი პოლუსი (črdiloeti ṗolusi) — northernmost point on Earth
  • German: Nordpol — northernmost point on Earth
  • Greek: Βόρειος Πόλος (Vóreios Pólos) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hawaiian: Wēlau ʻĀkau — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hebrew: הקוטב הצפוני (hákotev hatzfoní) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hebrew: קוטב (hakótev) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hindi: उत्तरी ध्रुव (uttarī dhruv) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Hungarian: Északi-sark — northernmost point on Earth
  • Icelandic: norðurheimskaut — northernmost point on Earth
  • Icelandic: norðurskaut — northernmost point on Earth
  • Icelandic: norðurpóll — northernmost point on Earth
  • Indonesian: Kutub Utara — northernmost point on Earth
  • Interlingua: polo nord — northernmost point on Earth
  • Irish: Pol Thuaidh — northernmost point on Earth
  • Irish: Mol Thuaidh — northernmost point on Earth
  • Italian: polo nord — northernmost point on Earth
  • Japanese: 北極 (hokkyoku) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Kazakh: Солтүстік полюс (Soltüstık polüs) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Khmer: ប៉ូលខាងជើង (poul-khaang cəəng) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Korean: 북극 (bukgeuk) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Latvian: Ziemeļpols — northernmost point on Earth
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės ašigalis — northernmost point on Earth
  • Macedonian: северен пол (severen pol) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Malay: Kutub Syamali — northernmost point on Earth
  • Malay: Kutub Utara — northernmost point on Earth
  • Malayalam: ഉത്തരധ്രുവം (uttaradhruvaṁ) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Manx: Ard y Twoaie — northernmost point on Earth
  • Manx: ard ny twoaie — northernmost point on Earth
  • Marathi: उत्तर ध्रुव (uttar dhruv) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Mongolian: Умард туйл (Umard tujl) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Nepali: उत्तरी ध्रुव (uttarī dhruv) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nordpolen — northernmost point on Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordpolen — northernmost point on Earth
  • Occitan: pòl Nòrd — northernmost point on Earth
  • Persian: قطب شمال (qotb šomâl) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Polish: biegun północny — northernmost point on Earth
  • Portuguese: Polo Norte — northernmost point on Earth
  • Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਧਰੁਵ (uttarī dharuv) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Romanian: Polul Nord — northernmost point on Earth
  • Russian: Се́верный по́люс (Sévernyj póljus) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Scottish Gaelic: Pòla a Tuath — northernmost point on Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сјеверни пол — northernmost point on Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverni pol — northernmost point on Earth
  • Slovak: severný pól — northernmost point on Earth
  • Slovene: Severni tečaj — northernmost point on Earth
  • Slovene: Severni pol — northernmost point on Earth
  • Somali: Cidhifka Waqooyi — northernmost point on Earth
  • Spanish: Polo Norte — northernmost point on Earth
  • Spanish: polo Norte — northernmost point on Earth
  • Swedish: nordpolen — northernmost point on Earth
  • Tamil: வட துருவம் (vaṭa turuvam) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Telugu: ఉత్తర ధ్రువం (uttara dhruvaṁ) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Thai: ขั้วโลกเหนือ (kûua-lôok-nʉ̌ʉa) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Turkish: Kuzey Kutbu — northernmost point on Earth
  • Ukrainian: Північний по́люс (Pivničnyj póljus) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Uyghur: شىمالىي قۇتۇپ (shimaliy qutup) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Vietnamese: Bắc Cực — northernmost point on Earth
  • Welsh: Pegwn y Gogledd — northernmost point on Earth
  • Yiddish: צפֿון פאָלוס (tsofn polus) — northernmost point on Earth
  • Arabic: اَلْقُطْب اَلشَّمَالِيّ (al-quṭb aš-šamāliyy) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā garbyāyā) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Aramaic: ܦܘܠܘܣ ܓܪܒܝܝܐ (pāwlāws ɡarbyāyā) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北極 /北极 (Běijí) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北極點 /北极点 (Běijídiǎn) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Dutch: noordpool — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Finnish: pohjoisnapa — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • French: pôle Nord — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი პოლუსი (črdiloeti ṗolusi) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • German: Nordpol — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Hindi: उत्तरी ध्रुव (uttarī dhruv) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Hungarian: Északi-sark — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Japanese: 北極 (hokkyoku) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Japanese: 北極点 (hokkyokuten) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Korean: 북극 (bukgeuk) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Korean: 북극점 (bukgeukjeom) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Malay: kutub utara — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Māori: pito raki — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Māori: pito ki te raki — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Persian: قطب شمال (qotb-e šomâl) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Polish: biegun północny — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Portuguese: polo norte — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Russian: се́верный по́люс (sévernyj póljus) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Spanish: polo norte — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Swedish: nordpol — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Tagalog: hilagang taluktok — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Urdu: قطب شمالی (qutab śumālī) — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Vietnamese: bắc cực — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Volapük: nolüdapov — northernmost point on celestial bodies
  • Dutch: noordpool — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Finnish: pohjoisnapa — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • French: pôle nord — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • German: Nordpol — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Japanese: N極 (enu-kyoku) — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Korean: N극 (en'geuk) — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Polish: biegun północny — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Portuguese: polo norte — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Russian: се́верный по́люс (sévernyj póljus) — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Spanish: polo norte — positive pole of a magnetic dipole
  • Tagalog: hilagang balniing taluktok — positive pole of a magnetic dipole