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NNE

American  
Or N.N.E.

abbreviation

  1. north-northeast.


NNE British  

symbol

  1. north-northeast

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shares of Nano Nuclear Energy NNE -0.11%decrease; red down pointing triangle , which made its debut on the public markets last year, have more than doubled so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Depression Ida was located 65 mi NNE of Huntsville AL moving NE at 17 mph.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021

The weather forecast at Winged Foot today shows a mix of sun and cloud but, and here’s the good bit, NNE winds of 14mph all day.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2020

I was glad to know this fact because being from New York City where everyone’s born knowing uptown is north but not a whole lot else, I didn’t know anything about NNE vs.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

It is about 5 miles long N. and S. by 2 miles wide, extending SSW. and NNE.

From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Rich, Walter H.

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