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northeastern

northeastern

54 2.8
In or from the top-right part of an area on a map
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɔrˈθiːstərn/
  • US
translation icon : del noreste
  • The Miramichi region of northeastern New Brunswick, Canada, is a complex and diverse community and ecosystem.
  • northeastern states
  • northeastern region
  • located in the northeastern region

It's a conservative College in northeastern US run by Larry ARN.

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Examples

  • Shortly before the mid-eighteenth century, some of his descendants moved to northeastern North Carolina's Bertie County.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The area where the goo was discovered is one of the largest industrial districts in the entire northeastern United States.

  • Positive results from public school children in the northeastern United States.

    Academic text (2013)
  • First, our study only examined faculty at a single private university in the northeastern United States.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Participants were drawn from a private comprehensive institution located in the Northeastern United States.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We have officially made it to the most northeastern part of Cyprus, and it's beautiful.

  • The primary markets for New Brunswick farmed salmon are the northeastern United States and central Canada.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa eventually reached from northeastern Kenya into the Masai Mara.

    Academic text (2011)
  • One population was a group of hunter-gatherers who came to the Americas from northeastern Asia across the Bering Strait.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The South Platte River is the main water source for northeastern Colorado and the Denver area.

Synonyms

northeasterly
vsnortheastern
1 3.2

On the northeast side of a place like a building

is used mainly for regions and relationships to that area
northeast
vsnortheastern
1 1.0

Coming from or facing toward the north and east

is more a regional adjective for areas or things related to that area

Compounds

The part of the United States in the northeast that includes states like New York and Massachusetts

Surface Forms

northeastern positive
northeasterly positive

Morphology

northeastern = northeast (transparent) = north + east + ern

Formed from the recognizable directional base 'northeast' plus the adjectival suffix '-ern', yielding a clear locational adjective.

Etymology

The word northeastern is made from the simple words north and east plus the ending -ern, which means 'related to' or 'in the direction of'. So a northeastern place is one that is in or faces the northeast, like a city in the northeastern United States.