global north
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The developed countries, primarily comprising parts of North America, Europe, Oceania, the former Soviet Union and some regions of Asia, regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide opposite to the Global South.
name
Alternative letter-case form of Global North.
Example Sentences
- "EU member states, the UK and other countries from the global north pushed for ambitious conservation targets in the final text, with co-hosts Canada saying that the success of the summit depended on the headline target to protect 30% of Earth by the end of the decade for nature, known as 30 by 30."
- "“In the global north, when you don’t factor in emissions inequality, you can end up with ‘yellow vests’ protest situations,” Chancel said, referring to tax rises on diesel in France in 2018 that prompted mass demonstrations of the “gilets jaunes”."
Inflected Forms
the Global North (canonical)