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Northeast   /nˌɔrθˈist/   Listen
Northeast

noun
1.
The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees.  Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeastward.
2.
The northeastern region of the United States.  Synonym: northeastern United States.
3.
The direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point.
4.
A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city.
adjective
1.
Situated in or oriented toward the northeast.  Synonyms: northeasterly, northeastern.
2.
Coming from the northeast.  Synonym: northeasterly.
adverb
1.
To, toward, or in the northeast.  Synonyms: nor'-east, north-east.



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"Northeast" Quotes from Famous Books



... the captain added, "I'll leave you to your intellectual pursuits. I've set our course east-northeast at a depth of fifty meters. Here are some large-scale charts on which you'll be able to follow that course. The lounge is at your disposal, and with your ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne
... was born on the 25th of February, 1778, of Spanish parents, in the little village of Yapey, in the missions established among the Indians in the northeast part of what is now the Argentine Republic. His father was lieutenant governor of the department. Jos was educated in Spain among youths of noble birth. At eleven years of age he entered the army. He fought in Africa, against the ...
— Simon Bolivar, the Liberator • Guillermo A. Sherwell
... mile from the village of Gaines, which lay to the northeast of Richmond, and was some twelve ...
— With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War • G. A. Henty
... of 400 men who, joined by all the available troops from St. Thomas, drove the Negroes from the fort and, sending out detachments in various directions, finally forced the insurgents to concentrate on the northeast side of the island, where they were surrounded. After holding the island six months, the blacks, finding all chances of escape cut off, resolved upon self-destruction. "Three hundred," says an historian, "were, after a few days from the ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various
... it looks as if it were frozen on the sea itself; it is from 8 to 10 feet thick, and extends so far out into the sea that it would take a journey of four or more days to reach the land over it. But this ice lies more to the northeast or north, beyond the limits of the land, than to the south and ...
— Farthest North - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 • Fridtjof Nansen


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