northeast

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

English

Northeast.

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle English northest, from Old English norþēast, equivalent to 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

   • 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:  ^[edit]

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

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

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևելք (hy) (hyusis-arewelkʻ)
• Bajau:

  West Coast Bajau: timur delout

• Basque: ipar-sortalde, ipar-ekialde
• Batak:

  Karo Batak: irisen

  Toba Batak: irisanna

• Belarusian: паўно́чны ўсход m (pawnóčny wsxod)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: amihanan-sirangan (bcl)

• Breton: biz (br) m
• Bulgarian: северои́зток m (severoíztok)
• Burmese: အရှေ့မြောက် (my) (a.hre.mrauk)
• Catalan: nord-est (ca) m
• 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 Greek: καικίας m (kaikías)

• Hindi: पूर्वोत्तर (hi) m (pūrvottar), उत्तरपूर्व m (uttarpūrv), उत्तर-पूर्व m (uttar-pūrv)
• 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)
• 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
• Māori: kārapu, marangai-mā-raro, raki-mā-rāwhiti, pāwhakarua, whakarua
• Melanau:

  Central Melanau: wab alud, ragak

• Mon: ဨသာန် (mnw)
• Navajo: náhookǫs dóó haʼaʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordøst

  Nynorsk: nordaust

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

  Cyrillic: североисток m, сјевероисток m

  Latin: severoistok m, sjeveroistok (sh) m

• Slovak: severovýchod m
• Slovene: severovzhod m
• Spanish: nordeste (es) m, noreste (es) m, nordoriente m, nororiente m
• Swahili: kaskazini-mashariki
• Swedish: nordost (sv)
• Tamil: வடகிழக்கு (ta) (vaṭakiḻakku)
• Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (te) (īśānyaṁ)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-nʉ̌ʉa), อีสาน (th) (ii-sǎan)
• 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)
• Welsh: gogledd-ddwyrain (cy) m
• Wolaytta: huuphessa arshsho

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

   • 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.

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 further northeast or farther northeast, superlative furthest northeast or farthest northeast)

1. Towards the direction of the northeast; northeastwards.

   We are travelling northeast at the moment.

Translations

northeastward — see northeastward

Anagrams

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