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🧭 Toward NNE 🧭 NNE compass point
nor'-nor'-east

nor'-nor'-east

9.9
In the direction between north and northeast
  • adverb
  • Archaic
translation icon : nornoreste
  • We should head nor'-nor'-east at sunrise to avoid the storm.

Examples

  • The ship sailed nor'-nor'-east out of the harbor.

  • The trail bends nor'-nor'-east after the old oak tree.

  • Head nor'-nor'-east now!

  • The wind is blowing from the nor'-nor'-east today.

  • To reach the summit, we need to head nor'-nor'-east along the ridge.

  • The compass indicated to travel nor'-nor'-east towards the hidden valley.

  • The hikers decided to move nor'-nor'-east as they followed the winding river.

Synonyms

north-northeast
vsnor'-nor'-east
1 3.6

Toward the direction halfway between north and northeast on a compass

is the same direction but expressed as a spoken or variant form
NNE
vsnor'-nor'-east
1 5.3

A compass direction halfway between north and northeast

is the same direction but expressed in a spoken or nontechnical form

Surface Forms

nor'-nor'-east positive

Etymology

Nor'-nor'-east joins north and northeast to name the small compass point between them, a phrase sailors used to speak clearly about directions. So, used as an adverb, nor'-nor'-east means moving 'between north and northeast'.