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Cardinal direction

The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), east (E), south (S), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths (clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°.

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Germanic origin of names

Cultural variations

Unique (non-compound) names of intercardinal directions

Non-compass directional systems

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Cardinal direction

Nodes161
Edges160
Triples128
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012422
Components1

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Cardinal direction

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related to Unique (non-compound) names of intercardinal directions · 26
Cardinal direction → Agni, Breton, Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, Himalayas, In, In Estonian, In Japanese, Indian, Indra, Indradisha, Ishana/Shiva, Japanese, Kubera/Heaven, Malay, Nirrti, North, Pitr, Pitrdisha
related to Germanic origin of names · 18
Cardinal direction → Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek Hestia, Cognate, During, Germanic, Hesperides, Hesperus, Indo-European, It, Latin, Medieval Scandinavian, Migration Period, Nereus, Proto-Germanic, Romance, See, Sun, The
related to North America · 12
Cardinal direction → Each, East, For, Hopi, In Mesoamerica, North, North America, Some, South, Southwestern United States, There, West
related to Arabic world · 9
Cardinal direction → Additionally, Algarve, All, Arabic, Axarquía, Countries, Portugal, Southern Iberian, Spain
related to Cultural variations · 9
Cardinal direction → Anemoi, Europe, For, Greek, In, Mediterranean Sea, Sahara, Sirocco, These
related to Intercardinal directions · 9
Cardinal direction → NE, Northeast, Northwest, NW, SE, Southeast, Southwest, SW, The
related to Subintercardinal directions · 9
Cardinal direction → But, EbN, ENE, NbE, NE, NEbE, NEbN, NNE, The
related to Azimuth · 8
Cardinal direction → East, Global Positioning System, GPS, It, North, South, The, West
related to Indigenous Australia · 7
Cardinal direction → Aboriginal, Cultures, For, Guugu Yimithirr, Some Indigenous Australians, The, Warlpiri
see also · 7
Cardinal direction → Classical, Earth's, Elevation, GIS, Information System, Latitude, LongitudeList

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Important terminology

directions north cardinal east south west points four compass intercardinal direction names northeast southeast point center languages cultures southwest northwest

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
left/rightinstance ofSome languages lack words for body-relative directions0.80text
and use geographical directions insteadinstance ofSome languages lack words for body-relative directions0.80text
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldCountries0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldArabic0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldAdditionally0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldAll0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldSouthern Iberian0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldAlgarve0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldPortugal0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldAxarquía0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to Arabic worldSpain0.60section
Cardinal directionrelated to AzimuthThe0.60section

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