северо

This is the 5959th most frequent Russian word.


северо

"Северо" means "north" or "northern" as a prefix in English.


The word 'северо' is used as a prefix indicating the 'northwest' direction.

На северо-западе страны находится красивый национальный парк.

In the northwest of the country, there is a beautiful national park.


Here, 'северо' is part of a compound adjective specifying the 'northeastern' direction of the wind.

Северо-восточный ветер принес прохладную погоду.

A northeastern wind brought cool weather.


In this case, 'северо' is used in a compound multi-directional descriptor 'north-northwest'.

Мы отправились в северо-северо-западном направлении.

We embarked in the north-northwest direction.