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Noun
north by northeast
- North-northeast, the compass point between north and northeast.
1997, Susan Julio, Great Map Mysteries, →ISBN, page 21:Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast.
2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, →ISBN:Ruling out any areas that have been bombed, we have decided to head north by northeast.
2014, Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, & Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway, →ISBN:And a plane from Wotje saw a submarine 500 miles north by northeast of that island.
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