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Northeast

proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.

    Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.

  2. 2

    Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in China.

  3. 3

    Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The northeastern region of India including Assam and its surrounding states.

  4. 4

    Variant of North EastAny of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Alternative form of North East (“a region of England”).

Etymology

By proprialization from northeast.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A place in the United States: A township in Adams County, Illinois.

  2. 2

    A place in the United States: A township in Orange County, Indiana.

  3. 3

    A place in the United States: A defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  4. 4

    A place in the United States: A section in Billings, Montana.

  5. 5

    A place in the United States: A quadrant in Washington, D.C..

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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