northeast

From Wiktionary

Noun[change]

Singular
northeast

Plural
none

  1. Northeasth is the direction between north and east.
  2. The northeast is a place is the part that is to the north and east.
    The weather not unusual for a winter night in the Northeast.

Preposition[change]

Preposition
northeast

  1. In the direction northeast; to the northeast.
    It is about twenty miles northeast of San Francisco.