Hyphenation of northeast

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northeast? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

north-east

Definitions of northeast:

1.	The compass point midway between north and east At 45 degrees
2.	The northeastern region of the United States
3.	The direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point
4.	A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city
5.	Situated in or oriented toward the northeast The northeasterly part of the island
6.	Coming from the northeast Northeasterly winds
7.	To, toward, or in the northeast

Synonyms of northeast:

adj	northeastern, northeasterly, north
adj	northeasterly, north
noun	nor'-east, NE, compass point, point
noun	Northeast, northeastern United States, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
adv	north-east, nor'-east

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.