• Basque: ipartsortalde, iparrekialde
• Chinese: 东北 (dōng běi)
• Dutch: noordoosten
• Esperanto: nordesto
• Estonian: kirre
• Finnish: koillinen
• French: nord-est
• Greek: βορειοανατολικά
• Hungarian: északkelet
• Indonesian: timur laut
• Interlingua: nord-est
• Japanese: 北東 (ほくとう, hokutō)
• Maltese: grigal
• Maori: karapu
• Persian: (shomaal-e-sharghi)
• Polish: półneny wschód, strona
• Portuguese: nordeste
• Russian: северо-восток, норд-ост
• Spanish: nordeste, noreste
• Telugu: ఈశాన్యం (eeSaanyaM)
• Turkish: kuzeydoğu

• Greek: βορειοανατολικός
• Hungarian: északkeleti
• Russian: северо-восточный

• Greek: βορειοανατολικός
• Hungarian: északkeleti
• Russian: северо-восточный

• ttbc Dutch: noordoost, noordoostelijk
• ttbc Esperanto: nordesta
• ttbc French: nord-est, du nord-est
• ttbc Interlingua: del nord-est
• ttbc Maori: karapu
• ttbc Polish: północnowschodni
• ttbc Portuguese: nordeste & , do nordeste, nordestino , nordestina
• ttbc Spanish: noreste & , del noreste
• ttbc Telugu: (eeSaanyaM) ఈశాన్య
• ttbc Turkish: kuzeydoğu

Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass.

The term "northeast" or "north east" is often used by itself to refer to the northeastern sector of a geographic area, or for entities based in such a region.

In Asia:

• Dong Bac, literally Northeast Vietnam
• North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and indian ocean
• Northeast China, or Manchuria
• Northeast Thailand

In Africa:

• North Eastern Province, Kenya
• North-East District, Botswana

In Europe:

• North East (London Assembly constituency)
• North East England, one of the official government regions of England.

In North and South America:

• Northeast Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes
• Northeast, Minneapolis (sometimes referred to as Nordeast)
• the Northeast quadrant of Washington, DC
• North East, Maryland
• North East, New York
• North East, Pennsylvania
• Nord-Est Department, Haiti
• the Atlantic Northeast region of North America
• the northeastern United States

See also

• North East Island (disambiguation)
• Nor'easter
• Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)

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