Hyphenation of northeastern

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northeastern? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

north-east-ern

Definitions of northeastern:

1.	Situated in or oriented toward the northeast The northeasterly part of the island
2.	Of a region of the United States generally including the New England states New York And sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Synonyms of northeastern:

adj	northeasterly, northeast, north
adj	eastern

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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.