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northeast

northeast

47 1.0
The area of a country or city toward the north and east
  • noun
  • /ˈnɔrˌθiːst/
translation icon : noreste
  • Notice that Brown County is at the northeast corner of Wisconsin.
  • areas in the northeast
  • cities in the northeast
  • region in the northeast

And you can only find them in the northeast part of India.

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Examples

  • Thus, most built-up areas have expanded towards the northeast and southwest regions along the highway.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The Fort Pack Reservation is in the far northeast corner of Montana.

  • And you can only find them in the northeast part of India.

  • We are in the northeast corner of the trailer park.

  • Second, the study took place in a suburban school in northeast Texas, and results may be different in different settings.

    Academic text (2015)
  • It's a village called Frampton, ten miles to the northeast of Southampton.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Winds enter the basin mainly from the north and northeast, where the mountain rim is lowest.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Portions of the northeast underwater after severe storms pounded the region.

  • Letters from Union County guided Gilmer's assessment of Cherokees in the northeast portion of the state.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Great Barrier Reef stretches for over 1,600 miles off the northeast coast of Australia.

Compounds

A compass point halfway between east and northeast

northeast by north
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A compass direction slightly north of northeast, about 34 degrees from east

north-northeast
  • Specialized
1 4.6

The direction on a compass halfway between north and northeast, slightly east of north

Toward the direction halfway between north and northeast on a compass

northeast by east
  • Specialized
8.1

A compass direction one point east of northeast, halfway to east-northeast

Surface Forms

northeast singular
northeasts plural

Morphology

northeast = north + east (transparent) = north + east

The geographic/region sense is a straightforward extension of the directional compound 'north' + 'east' meaning the area toward that quadrant.

Etymology

Northeast joins north and east, and it is used for the part of a country or city that lies 'toward the north and east'. So, the northeast means the area in that corner of a region.