NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northeastern United States mean? 

• NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (noun)
  The noun NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES has 1 sense:

1. the northeastern region of the United States

  Familiarity information: NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The northeastern region of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Northeast; northeastern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("northeastern United States" is a part of...):

East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River)

 Context examples 

A state in the northeastern United States.

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