sep·ten·tri·on /sɛpˈtɛntriˌɑn, triən/
  Sep·ten·tri·on n.  The north or northern regions.
     Both East West, South and Septentrioun.   --Chaucer.
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  Sep·ten·tri·on Sep·ten·tri·on·al a.  Of or pertaining to the north; northern. “From cold septentrion blasts.”
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  septentrion
       n : any region lying in or toward the north [syn: North, northland]