ほっきょく
Meanings
Noun
1. 惑星・天体の地軸と地表が交わる点(極点)のうち、北側のもの。北極点。
地理学
2. 北極点を擁する北極海や北極圏を含む地方。
3. 天の北極。
Kanji used
north
extreme
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
① 天体の自転軸と地表が北方で交差する、北緯90度の地点。
① 天の北極に近い輝星で北の方角の目印となる星。現在は こぐま座のアルファ星。
Examples (6 in total)
Santa Claus lives in the North Pole.
The North Star is very easy to find.
The South Pole is a lot colder than the North Pole.
The Arctic is the area around the North Pole.
We credit Peary with having discovered the North Pole.
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.