"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 compass directions: north, south, east and west. Wikipedia link: Cardinal point Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: cardinal direction Related terms: intercardinal direction, ordinal direction Translations (cardinal point): اِتِّجَاه سَمَاوِيّ (ittijāh samāwiyy) [masculine] (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) (alt: ほうがく) (Japanese), ចតុទ្ទិស (ca’tottɨh) (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)
    Sense id: en-cardinal_point-en-noun-IlrazP-T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "sense": "cardinal point",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svetová strana"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cardinal point",
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      "code": "sv",
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