nor'-nor'-east

Questions about nor'-nor'-east

What does nor'-nor'-east mean?

nor'-nor'-east means "the compass point that is midway between north and northeast". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nor'-nor'-east?

nor'-nor'-east has 4 syllables: nor'--no-r'-e-ast. The stress falls on "no".

What is another word for nor'-nor'-east?

Close synonyms include north northeast, NNE, north-northeast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nor'-nor'-east a common word?

nor'-nor'-east is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.