An official region of England (one of nine), within the United Kingdom. Comprises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham as well as a small part of North Yorkshire
The north-east edge, corner, or part of a place is the part which is towards the north-east. Waltham Abbey on the north-east outskirts of London. = north-eastern
The north-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north-east. The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of the United States They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England
Something that is north-east of a place is positioned to the north-east of it. This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles north-east of the capital, Monrovia