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Definitions: Northeast |
NortheastAdjective1. Situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island". 2. Coming from the northeast; "northeasterly winds". Adverb1. To, toward, or in the northeast. Noun1. The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. 2. The northeastern region of the United States. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "northeast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references) |
Synonyms: NortheastSynonyms: northeasterly (adj), northeastern (adj), nor'-east (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Northeast of Seoul (1972) | |
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 | This street-level view of the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center and the Ambulatory Care and Research Facility (ACRF). Shown from the northeast corner.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Computer generated surface view of Eistla Regio (from the northeast).Credit: NASA. |
 | Northeast frame of a six-frame mosaic of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken through the 756 nm filter of Galileo's SSI camera. (Released 06/26/96).Credit: NASA. |  | The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River.Credit: NASA. |
 | 3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Davidson Seamount and continental slope Image is 30 nautical miles by approximately 50 nautical miles Looking to northeast.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A Danish windwill ruin at sunset on the northeast end of St. Croix. Buck Island Reef National Monument is in the background.Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sunset view from Chenay Bay on the northeast coast of St. Croix.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Hammerhead shark passing bow of ALBATROSS IV while ship underway Apparently a hammerhead migration as ship saw hundreds of hammerheads swimming to northeast during the day.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Australian Department of Science and U.S. Air Force Solar and Radio Observatory at Learmonth. Looking northeast at radio telescope and administration buildings.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Looking northeast along the Kodiak waterfront towards the Near Island Bridge.Credit: Fisheries. |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Our course was east northeast, the wind was at southwest. |
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Health | Ixodes scapularis -most common in the northeast and midwest. (references) | |
O. viverrini is found mainly in northeast Thailand, Laos, and Kampuchea. (references) | ||
Note that the principal vectors are Ixodes scapularis in the northeast and upper-midwest states and Ixodes pacificus along the West Coast of the United States. (references) | ||
Business | Second in priority for equipment fielding and upgrades will be the Danish contingent of the MultiNational Corps NorthEast. (references) | |
The locations selected for the new airports are Lengpu and Tura in the northeast, Androth in Lakshadweep, Kargil, Kashtwar and Rajgori in the north. (references) | ||
Large tractors (greater than 40 HP) are employed most extensively on large state farms in Heilongjiang province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northeast and Northwest China. (references) | ||
Children | Cote d'Ivoire | For example, the African Development Bank purchased textbooks for girls in northern areas of the country, and UNICEF carried out a similar project in the northeast. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Somalia | Most migrants left from the northeast and traveled via boat to Yemen. (references) |
Somalia | A small number of Ethiopian refugees remained in the country, mostly in the northeast near Bosasso. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | Tea is grown in the northeast. (references) |
Bangladesh | Terrain: Mainly flat alluvial plain, with hills in the northeast and southeast. (references) | |
Mexico | Monterrey is the banking and distribution center for north central and northeast Mexico. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | Extremist and terrorist activities in the Northeast also claimed many lives. (references) |
India | Elsewhere in the northeast, Bodo-Santhal ethnic clashes, which began in 1998, continued throughout the year. (references) | |
India | During the year, 19 members of the security forces, 101 civilians, and 69 militants were killed in the northeast. (references) | |
Indigenous People | India | There is some local autonomy for tribal people in the northeast. (references) |
Gabon | Several thousand Pygmies live in the country, most in large tracts of still-intact rain forest in the northeast. (references) | |
Minorities | Nigeria | The Ijaw of the South Delta are the fifth largest group, followed by Kanuri in the far northeast, and the Tiv in the Middle Belt. (references) |
Political Economy | Estonia | Per capita GDP was $3,571. Unemployment was 14 percent but was significantly higher in rural areas and in the northeast. (references) |
Afghanistan | Rabbani and his chief military commander, Ahmed Shah Masood, for most of the year, controlled the majority Tajik areas in the country's extreme northeast. (references) | |
Somalia | Administrations in the northwest (Somaliland) and northeast ("Puntland") areas of the country do not recognize the results of the Djibouti Conference, nor do several Mogadishu-based factional leaders. (references) | |
Travel | Cape Verde | Strong northeast winds blow almost constantly. (references) |
Switzerland | The majority of Swiss in the central and northeast portions of the country speak German. (references) | |
Mexico | This includes Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and other beach resorts, as well as the desert Northeast and border zone. (references) | |
Women | Uganda | Between February and July 2000, Karamojong warriors raped approximately 20 women during raids on neighboring districts in the northeast. (references) |
Worker Rights | Brazil | The highest incidence of child labor is found in the Northeast, where half of all child workers are employed. (references) |
Thailand | Within the country, women are trafficked from the impoverished Northeast and the North to Bangkok for sexual exploitation. (references) | |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We've increased and strengthened our naval presence in the Indian Ocean, and we are now making arrangements for key naval and air facilities to be used by our forces in the region of northeast Africa and the Persian Gulf. |
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| "Northeast" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Northeast" is used about 236 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 236 | 19,516 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "northeast". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Elzaphan | N/A | Biblical | God of the northeast wind |
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| China | Northeast Electrical Transmission & Transformation Machinery Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | USA | Northeast Bancorp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Northeast, MI |
Expressions using "northeast": east northeast ♦ Helena Valley Northeast ♦ north northeast ♦ northeast by east ♦ northeast by north ♦ Northeast Ithaca ♦ northeast passage. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "northeast": northeast-bound, northeast-facing. | |
Ending with "northeast": East-northeast, north-northeast. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "northeast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شمالي شرقي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 東北方 (northeastern), 東北 , 东北 (Northeastern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | severovýchod. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شمال خاوری , شمال شرقی , شمال شرق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pohjoisluode (north-northeast), pohjoiskoillinen (north-northeast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nordosten (north east). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צפון מזרח. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | északkeletre (north by east), északkelet felé (north-eastward), északkelet (north east). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | timur laut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 北東 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きたひがし, ほくとう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 북동. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ortheastnay северо-восток (n.e., north east, northeastward). (various references) severoistok, severoistočni (northeastern, northeastward). (various references) nordeste (ne, north east, North-East). (various references) nordöstra. (various references) kuzeydoğu (north east, northeasterly, north-eastern), kuzey doğu. (various references) gaяra, demirgazyk-gьndogar. (various references) gogledd-ddwyrain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "northeast": northeaster, northeasterly, northeastern, northeasternmost, northeasters, northeasts, northeastward, northeastwards. (additional references) | |
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"Northeast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Norheys, northers, northism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "northeast" (pronounced nô'rthē"st) |
| 7 | n ô' r th ē" s t | ne. |
| 4 | -th ē" s t | southeast. |
| 3 | -ē" s t | beast, ceased, deceased, decreased, East, feast, fleeced, greased, increased, leased, least, pieced, policed, priest, released, yeast. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: rheostat. | |
-2 letters: another, anthers, atoners, attorns, earshot, hatters, hoarsen, hornets, natters, notates, rattens, rattons, rotates, senator, senhora, shatter, shorten, shotten, stentor, thenars, threats, throats, thrones, toaster, treason. | |
-3 letters: ahorse, anther, antres, arseno, ashore, astern, atoner, atones, attorn, earths, ethnos, hasten, haters, hatter, hearts, herons, hoarse, honers, honest, hornet, horste, hotter, natter, nestor, norths. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: anorthites, northeasts. | |
+2 letters: anorthosite, antistrophe, hearthstone, northeaster, technocrats, thorianites, throatiness, trochanters. | |
+3 letters: anorthosites, antistrophes, attorneyship, botherations, exhortations, hearthstones, northeastern, northeasters, orthopterans, southeastern, stenothermal, stonyhearted, tetrahedrons, tryptophanes. | |
+4 letters: attorneyships, enteropathies, etherizations, naturopathies, nitromethanes, nonarchitects, northeasterly, northeastward, northwestward, orchestrating, orchestration, retinopathies, theatergoings, theoreticians, theorizations, thermostating, throatinesses, trephinations, trichopterans. | |
+5 letters: architectonics, authenticators, counterthreats, ethnohistorian, hypnotherapist, northeastwards, northwestwards, orchestrations, photoreactions, phytoplankters, prothonotaries, thermostatting, trisoctahedron. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F 72 74 68 65 61 73 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. --- .-. - .... . .- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o r t h e a s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F 0072 0074 0068 0065 0061 0073 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)488184867471678586 |
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