northeast

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See also Northeast

English

Alternative forms

• north-east
• nor'-east

Etymology

From north + east.

Noun

northeast (uncountable)

1. The compass point halfway between north and east, specifically 45°, abbreviated as NE.

Derived terms

• northeastern
• northeast by east
• northeast by north

Antonyms

• southwest

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): northwest, southeast, southwest

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևելք (hy) (hyusis-arevelk’)
• Basque: ipartsortalde, iparrekialde
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東北 (cmn), 东北 (cmn) (dōngběi)

• Czech: severovýchod (cs) m
• Danish: nordøst (da)
• Dutch: noordoosten (nl) n
• Esperanto: nordoriento (eo), nordeosto (eo)
• Estonian: kirre (et)
• Faroese: landnyrðingur (fo) m
• Finnish: koillinen (fi)
• French: nord-est (fr) m
• German: Nordosten (de) m
• Greek: βορειοανατολικά (el) (voreioanatoliká) n pl
• Hungarian: északkelet (hu)
• Indonesian: timur laut (id)
• Interlingua: nord-est
• Japanese: 北東 (ja) (ほくとう, hokutō), (less common) 東北 (ja) (とうほく, tōhoku)
• Korean: 북동 (ko) (bukdong) (北東 (ko))

• Macedonian: североисток (mk) (severoístok) m
• Maltese: grigal
• Maori: karapu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordøst (nb)

  Nynorsk: nordaust (nn)

• Persian: شمال شرقی (fa) (šamâl-e šarqi)
• Polish: północny wschód m
• Portuguese: nordeste (pt) m
• Romansch: nordost (rm)
• Russian: северо-восток (ru) (sévero-vostók) m, норд-ост (ru) (nord-óst) m (wind, nautical)
• Slovak: severovýchod (sk) m
• Spanish: nordeste (es), noreste (es) m
• Swedish: nordost (sv)
• Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (eeSaanyaM)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ (th) (tawan-ok-chiang-nuea), อีสาน (th) (isan)
• Turkish: kuzeydoğu (tr)
• Vietnamese: phía đông bắc (vi)

Adjective

northeast (not comparable)

1. Towards the northeast; northeastward.
2. Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern.

Antonyms

• southwest

Translations

northeastward

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևելյան (hy) (hyusisarevelyan)
• Dutch: noordoost-, noordoostelijk
• Esperanto: nordorienta (eo)
• Greek: βορειοανατολικός (el) (voreioanatolikós) m

• Hungarian: északkeleti (hu)
• Macedonian: североисточно (mk) (severoístočno)
• Romanian: nordestic (ro), de nord-est (ro)
• Russian: северо-восточный (ru) (sévero-vostóčnyj)

northeastern

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևելյան (hy) (hyusisarevelyan)
• Czech: severovýchodní (cs)
• Esperanto: nordorienta (eo)
• Greek: βορειοανατολικός (el) (voreioanatolikós) m
• Hungarian: északkeleti (hu)

• Macedonian: североисточен (mk) (severoístočen) m, североисточна (mk) (severoístočna) f, североисточно (mk) (severoístočno) n
• Polish: północno-wschodni m
• Romanian: nord-vestic (ro) m
• Russian: северо-восточный (ru) (sévero-vostóčnyj)

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• French: nord-est, - nord-est, du nord-est
• Interlingua: del nord-est
• Maori: karapu

• Portuguese: nordeste m and f, do nordeste, nordestino m, nordestina f
• Spanish: noreste, del noreste
• Telugu: (eeSaanyaM) ఈశాన్య
• Turkish: kuzeydoğu