northeast

See also: Northeast

English

Alternative forms

• north-east
• nor'-east

Etymology

north +‎ east

Noun

northeast (plural northeasts)

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

Antonyms

• southwest

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): northwest, southeast, southwest

Derived terms

• northeastern
• northeast by east
• northeast by north

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևելք (hyusis-arewelkʿ)
• Basque: ipartsortalde, iparrekialde
• Belarusian: паўно́чны ўсход m (paŭnóčny ŭsxod)
• Bulgarian: северои́зток m (severoíztok)
• Catalan: nord-est (ca) m
• Central Melanau: wab alud, ragak
• Chinese:

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

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

  Ancient: καικίας m (kaikías)

• Hungarian: északkelet (hu)
• Ido: nord-esto (io)
• Indonesian: timur laut (id)
• 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 (うしとら, ushitora), (obsolete) 艮 (ja) (うしとら, ushitora)

• Korean: 북동 (bukdong) (北東 (ko))
• Macedonian: северои́сток m (severoístok)
• Maltese: grigal
• Maori: kārapu, marangai-mā-raro, raki-mā-rāwhiti, pāwhakarua, whakarua
• Navajo: náhookǫs dóó haʼaʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordøst

  Nynorsk: nordaust

• Persian: شمال شرقی‎ (šamâl-e šarqi)
• Polish: północny wschód m inan
• Portuguese: nordeste (pt) m
• 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 m
• Swedish: nordost (sv)
• Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (te) (īśānyaṃ)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-nʉ̌ʉa), อีสาน (th) (ii-sǎan)
• Turkish: kuzeydoğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: півні́чний схід m (pivníčnyj sxid)
• Vietnamese: phía đông bắc
• West Coast Bajau: timur delout

Adjective

northeast (not comparable)

1. Towards the northeast; northeastward.
2. In the northeast; northeastern.
3. From the northeast, northeasterly.

Antonyms

• southwest

Translations

northeastward

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևելյան (hyusisarewelyan)
• Dutch: noordoost-, noordoostelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nordorienta
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთით (črdilo-aɣmosavletit), ჩრდილოაღმოსავლეთით (črdiloaɣmosavletit)
• Greek: βορειοανατολικός (el) (voreioanatolikós)
• Hungarian: északkeleti (hu)

• Macedonian: североисточно (severoistočno)
• Maori: ki te rāwhiti-mā-raki, ki te marangai-mā-raro, ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti
• Portuguese: nordeste (pt)
• Romanian: nordestic, de nord-est
• Russian: се́веро-восто́чный (ru) (sévero-vostóčnyj)
• Spanish: al nordeste, hacia el nordeste

northeastern

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևելյան (hyusisarewelyan)
• Belarusian: паўно́чна-ўсхо́дні (paŭnóčna-ŭsxódni)
• Czech: severovýchodní (cs)
• Esperanto: nordorienta
• French: nord-est (fr)
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთის (črdilo-aɣmosavletis), ჩრდილოაღმოსავლეთის (črdiloaɣmosavletis)
• Greek: βορειοανατολικός (el) (voreioanatolikós)

• Hungarian: északkeleti (hu)
• Macedonian: североисточен (severoistočen)
• Polish: północno-wschodni (pl)
• Portuguese: nordestino (pt)
• Romanian: nord-vestic (ro)
• Russian: се́веро-восто́чный (ru) (sévero-vostóčnyj)
• Spanish: nordeste (es), del nordeste, al nordeste

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} del nord-est
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} karapu

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఈశాన్య (īśānya)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kuzeydoğu (tr)