The words north, south, east, and west in English come from the old German language.
Cardinal points or Cardinal directions
they are cardinal directions.
The four main directions (North, South, East and West) are also called cardinal directions or cardinal points.
Cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) are the main directions on a compass rose, while ordinal directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest) are the intermediate directions located between the cardinal directions. Ordinal directions provide more specific information about direction compared to cardinal directions.
The four cardinal directions are referred to as cardinal because they are the four main origin directions. if you look up the word cardinal in the dictionary one of the definitions is as follows...1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
The directions of north, south, east, and west are collectively known as cardinal directions.
I uderstand the cardinal directions to be North, East, South and West
Cardinal directions are the four regular directions such as north south east and west. Intermediate are the directions in between the cardinal directions such as NW, SW, NE, SE.
northwesteastsouthsouthwestnortheastnorthwestsouthwest(midwest is not a direction!)
what is a drawing that indicates directions on a map especially cardinal and intermediate directions
The different between cardinal and intermediate directions is cardinal is North , South , East, and west.Intermediate is Northeast,Southeast,Southwest,and Northwest.
They are cardinal directions.