North Pole

See also: north pole

English

Map of the North Pole. (1799)

Temporary scientific camp at the North Pole.

Proper noun

the North Pole

2. (geography) 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°).
4. (geography) The Magnetic North Pole of Earth.
5. (geography) The Geomagnetic North Pole of Earth.
6. (folklore) The legendary location of Santa's workshop.

Proper noun

North Pole

1. A city in Alaska.
2. A hamlet in New York.

Derived terms

• North Pole of inaccessibility

Translations

northernmost point on Earth

• Afrikaans: Noordpool (af)
• Albanian: Poli i Veriut
• Amharic: ስሜን ዋልታ (səmen walta)
• Arabic: اَلْقُطْب اَلشَّمَالِيّ m (al-quṭb aš-šamāliyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: القُطْب الشمالي m (al-quṭb aš-šamāli, al-guṭb aš-šamāli)

• Armenian: Հյուսիսային բևեռ (hy) (Hyusisayin beweṙ)
• Azerbaijani: şimal qütbü
• Basque: iparburua
• Belarusian: Паўночны полюс m (Pawnóčny póljus)
• Bengali: উত্তর মেরু (uttor meru)
• Breton: pennahel an Norzh m
• Bulgarian: Северен полюс m (Severen poljus)
• Burmese: မြောက်ဝင်ရိုးစွန်း (mrauk-wang-rui:cwan:)
• Catalan: pol Nord m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北極 / 北极 (bak¹ gik⁶) (Jyutping)

  Hakka: 北極 / 北极 (bed` kid)

  Mandarin: 北極 / 北极 (zh) (Běijí)

• Czech: severní pól m
• Danish: nordpolen c
• Dutch: Noordpool (nl) m
• Erzya: пелеве почо (peleve počo)
• Esperanto: Norda poluso
• Estonian: põhjapoolus
• Finnish: pohjoisnapa (fi)
• French: pôle Nord (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Noardpoal

• Galician: Polo Norte m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი პოლუსი (črdiloeti ṗolusi)
• German: Nordpol (de) m
• Greek: Βόρειος Πόλος (el) m (Vóreios Pólos)
• Hawaiian: Wēlau ʻĀkau
• Hebrew: הקוטב הצפוני m (hákotev hatzfoní), קוטב (he) (hakótev)
• Hindi: उत्तरी ध्रुव m (uttarī dhruv)
• Hungarian: Északi-sark (hu)
• Icelandic: norðurheimskaut (is) n, norðurskaut n, norðurpóll (is) m
• Indonesian: Kutub Utara
• Interlingua: polo nord
• Irish: Pol Thuaidh m, Mol Thuaidh m
• Italian: polo nord m
• Japanese: 北極 (ja) (ほっきょく, hokkyoku)
• Kazakh: Солтүстік полюс (Soltüstık polüs)
• Khmer: ប៉ូល​ខាងជើង (poul-khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 북극(北極) (ko) (bukgeuk)
• Latvian: Ziemeļpols m
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės ašigalis m
• Macedonian: северен пол m (severen pol)
• Malay: Kutub Syamali, Kutub Utara (ms)
• Malayalam: ഉത്തരധ്രുവം (ml) (uttaradhruvaṁ)
• Manx: Ard y Twoaie m, ard ny twoaie m
• Marathi: उत्तर ध्रुव (uttar dhruv)
• Mongolian: Умард туйл (Umard tujl)
• Nepali: उत्तरी ध्रुव (uttarī dhruv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nordpolen m

  Nynorsk: Nordpolen m

• Occitan: pòl Nòrd
• Persian: قطب شمال (qotb šomâl)
• Polish: biegun północny m
• Portuguese: Polo Norte m
• Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਧਰੁਵ (uttarī dharuv)
• Romanian: Polul Nord m
• Russian: Се́верный по́люс (ru) m (Sévernyj póljus)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòla a Tuath m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сјеверни пол m

  Latin: Sjeverni pol m

• Slovak: severný pól m
• Slovene: Severni tečaj m, Severni pol m
• Somali: Cidhifka Waqooyi
• Spanish: Polo Norte m, polo Norte m
• Swedish: nordpolen (sv) c
• Tamil: வட துருவம் (vaṭa turuvam)
• Telugu: ఉత్తర ధ్రువం (uttara dhruvaṁ)
• Thai: ขั้วโลกเหนือ (th) (kûua-lôok-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Turkish: Kuzey Kutbu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Північний по́люс m (Pivničnyj póljus)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي قۇتۇپ (shimaliy qutup)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Cực
• Welsh: Pegwn y Gogledd (cy) m
• Yiddish: צפֿון פאָלוס m (tsofn polus)