North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
Leyte Leyte Island Leyte invasion | a battle in World War II, the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October , the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese |
Battle of Wake Battle of Wake Island | in December the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines |
Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownished general-purpose chicken |
gas pump gasoline pump petrol pump island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
island | a zone or area resembling an island |
kitchen island | an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
University of North Carolina | a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
North Atlantic Treaty | the treaty signed in by countries that established NATO |
Scandinavian Scandinavian language Nordic Norse North Germanic North Germanic language | the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland |
Norman-French Norman French Old North French | the medieval Norman dialect of Old French |
North Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in eastern India |
Thousand Island dressing | mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hardooked egg |
North America | the nations of the North American continent collectively |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO | an international organization created in by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
North Atlantic Council NAC | a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO, has political authority and powers of decision |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
north | a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city |
North Cascades National Park | a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites |
north celestial pole | the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere, near Polaris |
North Pole | the northernmost point of the Earth's axis |
north side | the side that is on the north |
North Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer |
north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude |
North American country North American nation | any country on the North American continent |
Bouvet Island | an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle |
Sao Tiago Island | largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean |
Guadalupe Island | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California |
Caribbean Island | an island in the Caribbean Sea |
Aegean island | an island in the Aegean Sea |
Baffin Island | the th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada, lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay |
Vancouver Island | an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia), the largest island off the west coast of North America |
Cape Breton Island | an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia |
Prince Edward Island | an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the smallest province of Canada |
Norfolk Island | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia, formerly a British penal colony |
Wake Island Wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
Nauru Nauru Island Pleasant Island | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean , miles to the southwest of Hawaii, in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands |
Bahrain Bahrain Island Bahrein Bahrein Island | an island in the Persian Gulf |
North Yorkshire | a county in northern England |
Channel Island | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France |
Jersey island of Jersey | the largest of the Channel Islands |
Guernsey island of Guernsey | a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey |
Anglesey Anglesey Island Anglesea Anglesea Island Mona | an island to the northwest of Wales |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea D.P.R.K. DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Pyongyang capital of North Korea | capital of North Korea and an industrial center, Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved |
Sabah North Borneo | a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo |
North Island | the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from South Island by Cook Strait |
South Island | the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from North Island by Cook Strait |