koillinen
Koillinen is a Finnish term meaning the northeast, the direction between north and east. It functions as both a noun and an adjective and is written in lowercase in ordinary text (for example, koillinen suunta means the northeast direction). In Finnish, the eight-point compass system names directions such as pohjoinen (north), itä (east), länsi (west), etelä (south), and the intercardinal direction koillinen (northeast). The word is widely used in everyday language as well as in geography, navigation, and meteorology.
In cartography and geography, koillinen denotes a geographic quadrant or bearing toward the northeast on a
Etymology and usage notes: koillinen is a native Finnish word formed with the directional stem and the
See also: Finnish directions, compass directions, meteorology, navigation.