northeast

See also: Northeast

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

north +‎ east

Noun

northeast (plural northeasts)

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

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)

Towards the northeast; northeastward.
In the northeast; northeastern.
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 (severoístočno)
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 (severoístočen)
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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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} del nord-est
Maori: ^{(please verify)} karapu

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

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