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Septentrional

This article is about the Latinate word referring to the north. For similar uses, see Septentrion.
A 17th-century map of France (1687), by Alain Manesson-Mallet, shows the Septentrion atop of the chart, indicating the northern region of the country; the other regions indicated are the Occident (west), the Orient (east), and the Midy (meridion).
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The asterism of the Big Dipper (shown in this star map in green) lies within the constellation of Ursa Major.

Septentrional, meaning "of the north", is a Latinate adjective sometimes used in English. It is a form of the Latin noun septentriones, which refers to the seven stars of the Plough (Big Dipper), occasionally called the Septentrion.

In the 18th century, septentrional languages was a recognised term for the Germanic languages.[1]

  1. ^ Workman, Leslie J.; Verduin, Kathleen; Metzger, David; Metzger, David D. (1999). Medievalism and the Academy. Boydell & Brewer. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-85991-532-8.

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