Northeast. From north east
northeast (plural northeasts
The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east ; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
Antonym: southwest 1990 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 .
(compass points
compass point
Armenian: հյուսիս-արևելք (hy) ( hyusis-arewelkʻ )
Basque: ipar-sortalde ipar-ekialde
Belarusian: паўно́чны ўсход m ( paŭnóčny ŭsxod )
Breton: biz (br) m
Bulgarian: северои́зток m ( severoíztok )
Burmese: အရှေ့မြောက် (my) ( a.hre.mrauk )
Catalan: nord-est (ca) m
Central Melanau: wab alud ragak
Chinese:
Mandarin: 東北 ／ 东北 (zh) ( dōngběi )
Czech: severovýchod (cs) m
Danish: nordøst (da)
Dutch: noordoosten (nl) n
Esperanto: nordoriento nordeosto
Estonian: kirre (et)
Faroese: landnyrðingur m
Finnish: koillinen (fi)
French: nord-est (fr) m
Galician: nordeste (gl) m nordés (gl) m
Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთი ( črdilo-aɣmosavleti ) , ჩრდილოეთ-აღმოსავლეთი ( črdiloet-aɣmosavleti )
German: Nordosten (de) m
Greek: βορειοανατολικά (el) n pl ( voreioanatoliká )
Ancient: καικίας m ( kaikías )
Hungarian: északkelet (hu)
Icelandic: norðaustur (is) n landnorður n
Ido: nord-esto (io)
Indonesian: timur laut (id)
Ingrian: itäpohja koilliin ( dated or poetic )
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 (ja) ( うしとら, ushitora ) , ( obsolete ) 艮 (ja) ( うしとら, ushitora )
Javanese: lor wétan ( ngoko ) , lèr wétan ( krama ) , narasunya ( literary )
Karo Batak: irisen
Khmer: ឦសាន (km) ( ʼəysaan )
Korean: 북동(北東) ( bukdong )
Lao: ອີສານ ( ʼī sān )
Latvian: ziemeļaustrumi m
Lithuanian: šiaurės rytai m pl
Macedonian: северои́сток m ( severoístok )
Madurese: tèmor ḍâjâ
Maltese: grigal
Maori: kārapu marangai-mā-raro raki-mā-rāwhiti pāwhakarua whakarua
Mon: ဨသာန် (mnw)
Navajo: náhookǫs dóó haʼaʼaah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nordøst
Nynorsk: nordaust
Old Norse: landnorðr n
Persian: شمال شرقی ( šamâl-e šarqi )
Polish: północny wschód m inan
Portuguese: nordeste (pt) m
Romanian: nord-est (ro) n
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 (es) m
Swahili: kaskazini-mashariki
Swedish: nordost (sv)
Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (te) ( īśānyaṁ )
Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ (th) ( dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-nʉ̌ʉa ) , อีสาน (th) ( ii-sǎan )
Toba Batak: irisanna
Turkish: kuzeydoğu (tr)
Ukrainian: півні́чний схід m ( pivníčnyj sxid ) , норд-о́ст m ( nord-óst ) ( wind or nautical )
Vietnamese: phía đông bắc hướng đông bắc đông bắc (vi) (東北
West Coast Bajau: timur delout
northeast (not generally comparable , comparative more northeast , superlative most northeast )
Of, in or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern .
Situated toward or in the direction of the northeast; northeastward ; northeasterly .
A northeast course.
Coming from the northeast; northeasterly .
A northeast wind.
northeast (not generally comparable , comparative more northeast , superlative most northeast )
Towards or in the direction of the northeast; northeastwards .
We are travelling northeast at the moment.