"cardinal point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cardinal points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardinal point (plural cardinal points)
  1. Any of the four principal points of the compass: north, south, east and west. Wikipedia link: cardinal point Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: cardinal direction Related terms: intercardinal direction, ordinal direction Translations (any of the four main points of the compass): اِتِّجَاه سَمَاوِيّ (ittijāh samāwiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جِهَة أَصْلِيَّة (alt: jiha(t) ʔaṣliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), тараф (taraf) (Bashkir), punt cardinal [masculine] (Catalan), světová strana [feminine] (Czech), kompasdirektoj (Esperanto), ĉefpunkto geografia (Esperanto), põhi-ilmakaar (Estonian), pääilmansuunta (Finnish), point cardinal [masculine] (French), punto cardinal [masculine] (Galician), Haupthimmelsrichtung [feminine] (German), égtáj (Hungarian), világtáj (Hungarian), höfuðátt [feminine] (Icelandic), mata angin (Indonesian), príomhaird [feminine] (Irish), punto cardinale [masculine] (Italian), 方角 (hōgaku) (Japanese), ចតុទ្ទិស (cɑɑtottɨh) (Khmer), mata angin (Malay), bun-ard [feminine] (Manx), ard-ard (Manx), strona świata [feminine] (Polish), ponto cardeal [masculine] (Portuguese), punct cardinal [neuter] (Romanian), сторона́ све́та (storoná svéta) [feminine] (Russian), svetová strana [feminine] (Slovak), punto cardinal [masculine] (Spanish), kardinalstreck [neuter] (Swedish)

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