The land to the northeast was low-lying.
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Northeast
Synonyms for "northeast" (98 found)
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Strong matches (29)
eastermosteasterneasternmosteastlandeastwardhalf pointshyperboreanlubber linemeridionalmiddle atlanticmiddle westne by nnew englandnnenor eastnorthnorth central regionnorth eastnorth-northeastnorthbound
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Adverb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 69 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καικίας noun (compass point)
Armenian
1 entries- հյուսիս-արևելք noun (compass point)
Basque
2 entries- ipar-ekialde noun (compass point)
- ipar-sortalde noun (compass point)
Belarusian
1 entries- паўно́чны ўсход noun (compass point)
Bikol Central
1 entries- amihanan-sirangan noun (compass point)
Breton
1 entries- biz noun (compass point)
Bulgarian
1 entries- северои́зток noun (compass point)
Burmese
1 entries- အရှေ့မြောက် noun (compass point)
Catalan
1 entries- nord-est noun (compass point)
Central Melanau
2 entries- ragak noun (compass point)
- wab alud noun (compass point)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 東北 /东北 noun (compass point)
Czech
1 entries- severovýchod noun (compass point)
Danish
1 entries- nordøst noun (compass point)
Dutch
1 entries- noordoosten noun (compass point)
Esperanto
2 entries- nordeosto noun (compass point)
- nordoriento noun (compass point)
Estonian
1 entries- kirre noun (compass point)
Faroese
1 entries- landnyrðingur noun (compass point)
Finnish
1 entries- koillinen noun (compass point)
French
1 entries- nord-est noun (compass point)
Galician
2 entries- nordeste noun (compass point)
- nordés noun (compass point)
Georgian
2 entries- ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთი noun (compass point)
- ჩრდილოეთ-აღმოსავლეთი noun (compass point)
German
1 entries- Nordosten noun (compass point)
Greek
1 entries- βορειοανατολικά noun (compass point)
Hindi
3 entries- उत्तर-पूर्व noun (compass point)
- उत्तरपूर्व noun (compass point)
- पूर्वोत्तर noun (compass point)
Hungarian
1 entries- északkelet noun (compass point)
Icelandic
2 entries- landnorður noun (compass point)
- norðaustur noun (compass point)
Ido
1 entries- nord-esto noun (compass point)
Indonesian
1 entries- timur laut noun (compass point)
Ingrian
2 entries- itäpohja noun (compass point)
- koilliin noun (compass point)
Interlingua
1 entries- nord-est noun (compass point)
Italian
1 entries- nordest noun (compass point)
Japanese
4 entries- 丑寅 noun (compass point)
- 北東 noun (compass point)
- 東北 noun (compass point)
- 艮 noun (compass point)
Javanese
3 entries- lor wétan noun (compass point)
- lèr wétan noun (compass point)
- narasunya noun (compass point)
Karo Batak
1 entries- irisen noun (compass point)
Khmer
1 entries- ឦសាន noun (compass point)
Korean
1 entries- 북동 noun (compass point)
Lao
1 entries- ອີສານ noun (compass point)
Latvian
1 entries- ziemeļaustrumi noun (compass point)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šiaurės rytai noun (compass point)
Macedonian
1 entries- северои́сток noun (compass point)
Madurese
1 entries- tèmor ḍâjâ noun (compass point)
Maltese
1 entries- grigal noun (compass point)
Mon
1 entries- ဨသာန် noun (compass point)
Māori
4 entries- kārapu noun (compass point)
- marangai-mā-raro noun (compass point)
- pāwhakarua noun (compass point)
- raki-mā-rāwhiti noun (compass point)
Navajo
1 entries- náhookǫs dóó haʼaʼaah noun (compass point)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nordøst noun (compass point)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nordaust noun (compass point)
Old Norse
1 entries- landnorðr noun (compass point)
Persian
1 entries- شمال شرقی noun (compass point)
Polish
1 entries- północny wschód noun (compass point)
Portuguese
1 entries- nordeste noun (compass point)
Romanian
1 entries- nord-est noun (compass point)
Romansch
1 entries- nordost noun (compass point)
Russian
2 entries- норд-о́ст noun (compass point)
- се́веро-восто́к noun (compass point)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- severoistok noun (compass point)
- sjeveroistok noun (compass point)
- североисток noun (compass point)
- сјевероисток noun (compass point)
Slovak
1 entries- severovýchod noun (compass point)
Slovene
1 entries- severovzhod noun (compass point)
Spanish
4 entries- nordeste noun (compass point)
- nordoriente noun (compass point)
- noreste noun (compass point)
- nororiente noun (compass point)
Swahili
1 entries- kaskazini-mashariki noun (compass point)
Swedish
1 entries- nordost noun (compass point)
Tamil
1 entries- வடகிழக்கு noun (compass point)
Telugu
1 entries- ఈశాన్యం noun (compass point)
Thai
2 entries- ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ noun (compass point)
- อีสาน noun (compass point)
Toba Batak
1 entries- irisanna noun (compass point)
Turkish
1 entries- kuzeydoğu noun (compass point)
Ukrainian
2 entries- норд-о́ст noun (compass point)
- півні́чний схід noun (compass point)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hướng đông bắc noun (compass point)
- phía đông bắc noun (compass point)
- đông bắc noun (compass point)
Welsh
1 entries- gogledd-ddwyrain noun (compass point)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- timur delout noun (compass point)
Sample sentences
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Tsez is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15,000 people in Dagestan.
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He came from the Northeast.
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Their next attack was northeast of Paris in May.
Source: tatoeba (807632)
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