The four schools all share the name Glenbard, with each school named after a different cardinal direction.

A door led into it from each of the cardinal directions.

Some stretches of the road are sometimes referred to by cardinal direction.

All of the groups' buildings are aligned with the cardinal directions.

Furthermore, each cardinal direction is associated with a gender, as are different parts of a house.

It was round, carved on its top with one character at each cardinal direction.

There were four gates in the wall facing a cardinal direction.

The map also is marked to show the cardinal directions.

If the wall of the building does not face in a cardinal direction such as due South, the hour lines must be corrected.

Other associations include north as the cardinal direction, winter season and the number six.