northeast

See also: north-east, Northeast, and North East

English

Northeast.

Alternative forms

• north-east (UK)
• nor'-east (nautical)
• NE (abbreviation)

Etymology

From north +‎ east.

Pronunciation

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Noun

northeast (plural northeasts)

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.

   Antonym: southwest

   • 1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages‎^[1], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:

     Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city.

   • 1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development, Rural Economic Development: Hearings, page 1604:

     The task of discussing priority concerns for this region is complicated by the fact that there are essentially two rural northeasts.

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

• east-northeast
• east-northeasterly
• east-northeastern
• east-northeastwards
• northeast by east
• northeast by north
• northeasterly
• northeastern
• Northeast India
• northeast monsoon
• northeastwards
• north-northeast
• north-northeasterly
• north-northeastern
• north-northeastwards

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևելք (hy) (hyusis-arewelkʻ)
• Basque: ipar-sortalde, ipar-ekialde
• Belarusian: паўно́чны ўсход m (paŭnóčny ŭsxod)
• Breton: biz (br) m
• Bulgarian: северои́зток m (severoíztok)
• Burmese: အရှေ့မြောက် (my) (a.hre.mrauk)
• Catalan: nord-est (ca) m
• Central Melanau: wab alud, ragak
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東北 / 东北 (zh) (dōngběi)

• Czech: severovýchod (cs) m
• Danish: nordøst (da)
• Dutch: noordoosten (nl) n
• Esperanto: nordoriento, nordeosto
• Estonian: kirre (et)
• Faroese: landnyrðingur m
• Finnish: koillinen (fi)
• French: nord-est (fr) m
• Galician: nordeste (gl) m, nordés (gl) m
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთი (črdilo-aɣmosavleti), ჩრდილოეთ-აღმოსავლეთი (črdiloet-aɣmosavleti)
• German: Nordosten (de) m
• Greek: βορειοανατολικά (el) n pl (voreioanatoliká)

  Ancient: καικίας m (kaikías)

• Hungarian: északkelet (hu)
• Icelandic: norðaustur (is) n, landnorður n
• Ido: nord-esto (io)
• Indonesian: timur laut (id)
• Ingrian: itäpohja, koilliin (dated or poetic)
• Interlingua: nord-est
• Italian: nordest m
• Japanese: 北東 (ja) (ほくとう, hokutō), (less common) 東北 (ja) (とうほく, tōhoku), (obsolete) 丑寅 (ja) (うしとら, ushitora), (obsolete) 艮 (ja) (うしとら, ushitora)
• Javanese: lor wétan (ngoko), lèr wétan (krama), narasunya (literary)
• Karo Batak: irisen
• Khmer: ឦសាន (km) (ʼəysaan)
• Korean: 북동(北東) (bukdong)
• Lao: ອີສານ (ʼī sān)
• Latvian: ziemeļaustrumi m
• Lithuanian: šiaurės rytai m pl
• Macedonian: северои́сток m (severoístok)
• Madurese: tèmor ḍâjâ
• Maltese: grigal
• Maori: kārapu, marangai-mā-raro, raki-mā-rāwhiti, pāwhakarua, whakarua
• Mon: ဨသာန် (mnw)
• Navajo: náhookǫs dóó haʼaʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordøst

  Nynorsk: nordaust

• Old Norse: landnorðr n
• Persian: شمال شرقی (šamâl-e šarqi)
• Polish: północny wschód m inan
• Portuguese: nordeste (pt) m
• Romanian: nord-est (ro) n
• Romansch: nordost
• Russian: се́веро-восто́к (ru) m (sévero-vostók), норд-о́ст (ru) m (nord-óst) (wind or nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: североисток m, сјевероисток m

  Roman: severoistok m, sjeveroistok (sh) m

• Slovak: severovýchod m
• Slovene: severovzhod m
• Spanish: nordeste (es) m, noreste (es) m
• Swahili: kaskazini-mashariki
• Swedish: nordost (sv)
• Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (te) (īśānyaṁ)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-nʉ̌ʉa), อีสาน (th) (ii-sǎan)
• Toba Batak: irisanna
• Turkish: kuzeydoğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: півні́чний схід m (pivníčnyj sxid), норд-о́ст m (nord-óst) (wind or nautical)
• Vietnamese: phía đông bắc, hướng đông bắc, đông bắc (vi) (東北)
• West Coast Bajau: timur delout

Adjective

northeast (not generally comparable, comparative more northeast, superlative most northeast)

1. Of, in or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern.
2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northeast; northeastward; northeasterly.

   A northeast course.

3. Coming from the northeast; northeasterly.

   A northeast wind.

Translations

northeastern — see northeastern

northeastward — see northeastward

northeasterly — see northeasterly

Adverb

northeast (not generally comparable, comparative more northeast, superlative most northeast)

1. Towards or in the direction of the northeast; northeastwards.

   We are travelling northeast at the moment.

Translations

northeastward — see northeastward

Anagrams

• Athertons