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southeastern United States

southeastern United States

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A part of the United States near the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, including Georgia and Florida
  • proper noun
  • /ˌsaʊθˈiːstərn ˈjuːnaɪtɪd steɪts/
translation icon : sureste de Estados Unidos
  • Tourism is booming in the southeastern United States, especially in states like Florida and Georgia.
  • a university in the southeastern United States
  • area in the southeastern United States
  • district in the southeastern United States

Examples

  • All students were from one elementary school located in a rural area in the southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2014)

  • We conducted this study on the campus of a small, private, four-year liberal arts college in the southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2014)

  • History classes are taught in a metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Now fire ants can be found throughout the southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The elementary school site had a population of about 1,000 students and is located in the southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Baseline and training sessions took place in a middle school in the Southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Participants in the study were 23 teachers employed by various schools within three diverse school districts in the Southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Teachers were recruited from 12 schools across predominantly rural and suburban areas in the southeastern United States.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The site was Georgia Southern College, a medium-sized institution of higher education in the Southeastern United States.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Gullah people and their language are sometimes referred to in the southeastern United States as Geechee.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

Southeast
vssoutheastern United States
  • US
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A part of the United States in the south and east, often including Georgia and Florida

is narrower, listing only Georgia Florida Alabama and the Carolinas

Surface Forms

southeastern United States main

Morphology

southeastern + united + state

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'southeastern' (located in the southeast) combined with 'United States' (the country composed of states), yielding the region of the US that lies in the southeast. This geographic compositional pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows standard English place‑naming, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it.

Etymology

The name southeastern United States comes from the direction southeastern and the country name United States. It simply names the 'southeast' part of the country, the states such as Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, so it means the 'region' in that area.