North Star vs polestar

North Star

name
  • A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware. 

  • A star positioned circumpolar to the North Pole. 

  • An unincorporated community in Nicollet County, Minnesota. 

  • A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada. 

  • A village in New South Wales, Australia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under North Star Township. 

  • A village in Darke County, Ohio. 

  • A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. 

  • An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California, formerly North Star House. 

noun
  • An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world. 

polestar

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