north-east

See also: northeast, Northeast, and North East

English

Noun

north-east (usually uncountable, plural north-easts)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of northeast

Adjective

north-east (not generally comparable, comparative more north-east, superlative most north-east)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of northeast
   • 1913, Kinosuke Inouye, “The Coal Resources of Manchuria”, in The Coal Resources of the World‎^[1], volume 1, Morang & Co. Limited, →OCLC, page 256:

     Coal is found in several places along the Hun-chiang on the north-east of Tʻung-hua.

   • 1990, Harriet Sergeant, “A Simple Equation – The Rise of a Great City”, in Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:

     The French Concession lay between the walled Chinese city and Yang-ching-pang Creek, later filled in and called Edward VII Avenue. The British Settlement stretched from Yang-ching-pang to Soochow Creek while the American settlement consisted of a piece of land fronting the river to the north-east of Soochow Creek.

Adverb

north-east (not generally comparable, comparative more north-east, superlative most north-east)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of northeast

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