pis aller
last resort | an expedient adopted only in desperation, `pis aller' is French for `worst going' |
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 |
recourse
resort
refuge | act of turning to for assistance, have recourse to the courts, an appeal to his uncle was his last resort |
positive pole
positive magnetic pole
north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
resort hotel
spa | a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area |
| University of North Carolina | a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
recourse
refuge
resort | something or someone turned to for assistance or security, his only recourse was the police, took refuge in lying |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| honeymoon resort | a resort that caters to newlyweds, Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort |
| north | a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city |
haunt
hangout
resort repair
stamping ground | a frequently visited place |
| 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 |
resort
resort hotel
holiday resort | a hotel located in a resort area |
resort area
playground
vacation spot | an area where many people go for recreation |
| north side | the side that is on the north |
| ski resort | a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing |
| 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 |
| North Yorkshire | a county in northern England |
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 |
Union
North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), he has visited every state in the Union, Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union, the North's superior resources turned the scale |
| North | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line |
Minnesota
Gopher State
North Star State
MN | a midwestern state |
| North Platte | a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River |
North Carolina
Old North State
Tar Heel State
NC | a state in southeastern United States, one of the original colonies |
| North Carolina | one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
Raleigh
capital of North Carolina | capital of the state of North Carolina, located in the east central part of the North Carolina |
North Dakota
Peace Garden State
ND | a state of north central United States bordering on Canada |
Bismarck
capital of North Dakota | capital of the state of North Dakota, located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river |
| North Vietnam | a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War |
| North Africa | an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea |
Great Plains
Great Plains of North America | a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas, formerly inhabited by Native Americans |
| North America | a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
| North Atlantic | that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator |
| North Channel | a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea |
| North Pacific | that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator |
| North Peak | , feet high |