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.

   • 1939, Wilhelm Filchner, “Issik Pakhta—The Sarts—Good-bye to Borodijin”, in E. O. Lorimer, transl., A Scientist in Tartary: from the Hoang-ho to the Indus‎^[2], London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC, pages 211–212:

     Gervasius and Borodijin rode on to reconnoitre. As my caravan entered the strip of pasture fringing the shore I saw my people in conversation with Sarts by a yurt at the north-east corner of the lake. They soon returned with the information that the whole neighbourhood, which included Kala Otlak and Bulag Bashi, was known as Dakherukta. There was no tura, but two or three miles off to the west there lived a wealthy Sart who was at the moment away from home attending a wedding at some friends of his. The festivities were taking place on the farther side of the northern mountains.

   • 1990, Harriet Sergeant, “A Simple Equation – The Rise of a Great City”, in Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939‎^[3], →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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