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NORTH-CENTRAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does north-central mean?
• NORTH-CENTRAL (adjective)
The adjective NORTH-CENTRAL has 2 senses:
1. being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado
2. situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
Familiarity information: NORTH-CENTRAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado
Similar:
northern (situated in or coming from regions of the north)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
Context example:
the north-central part of Russia
Similar:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
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