settentrione

Borrowed from Latin septem triōnēs (literally “the seven oxen”) or septentriō, septentriōnem which refers to one of the ancient names of the constellation of Ursa Major.

• IPA^(key): /set.tenˈtrjo.ne/, /set.ten.triˈo.ne/[1]
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: set‧ten‧trió‧ne, set‧ten‧tri‧ó‧ne

settentrione m (plural settentrioni)

1. north

   Synonym: nord

   Antonyms: meridione, sud

   • c. 13^th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Nino signoreggiò tutto el mondo, et come Appollonio se edificare Fiesole [How Ninus ruled the whole world, and how Apollonius was able to build Fiesole]”, in Historia antica‎, published 1568, page 2:

     La prima parte e la maggiore si e detta Assia […] e comincia dall'Oriente infino a Settentrione

     The first and largest part [of the world] is called Asia, and it spans from the East to the North

2. North (northern region)

   Synonym: nord

   Antonyms: meridione, sud

   il settentrione d'Italia ― the North of Italy; North Italy

• (compass points) punto cardinale;

From Latin
settentrione occidente ponente oriente levante meridione mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest ovest est sudovest sud sudest