Editing North (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''north'' is [[etymology|related]] to the [[Old High German]] ''nord'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/north|title=the definition of north|website=Dictionary.com|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> both descending from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/north|title=north {{!}} Origin and meaning of north by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/south|title=south {{!}} Origin and meaning of south by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/west|title=west {{!}} Origin and meaning of west by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/east|title=east {{!}} Origin and meaning of east by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>

The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''boreas'' "north wind, north" which, according to [[Ovid]], was personified as the wind-god [[Boreas (god)|Boreas]], the father of [[Calais and Zetes]]. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''[[Ursa Major]]''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''[[Arctic]]''.

Other languages have other derivations. For example, in [[Lezgian language|Lezgian]], ''kefer'' can mean both "disbelief" and "north", since to the north of the Muslim [[Lezgian people|Lezgian]] homeland there are areas formerly inhabited by non-Muslim Caucasian and Turkic peoples. In many languages of [[Mesoamerica]], ''north'' also means "up". 

In [[Romanian language|Romanian]] the old word for north is ''mĭazănoapte'', from [[Latin]] ''mediam noctem'' meaning ''midnight'' and in 
[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] is ''észak'', which is derived from ''éjszaka'' ("night"), since between the [[Tropic of Cancer]] and the [[Arctic Circle]] the [[Sun]] never shines from the north.

North is sometimes abbreviated as '''N'''.