SOUTHEASTERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southeastern mean? 

• SOUTHEASTERN (adjective)
  The adjective SOUTHEASTERN has 2 senses:

1. situated in or oriented toward the southeast

2. of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina

  Familiarity information: SOUTHEASTERN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTHEASTERN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated in or oriented toward the southeast

Synonyms:

southeast; southeasterly; southeastern

Similar:

south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina

Similar:

eastern (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States)

 Context examples 

A country in southeastern Asia, north and east of Thailand, west of Vietnam.

(Lao People's Democratic Republic, NCI Thesaurus)

A state in the southeastern United States.

(Florida, NCI Thesaurus)

In May, the southeastern rim of the interior crater wall was washed over by the Pacific Ocean, opening the crater lake to the ocean.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)

Located in the Brabazon Range of southeastern Alaska, Yakutat Glacier is one of the fastest retreating glaciers in the world.

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)

A country in southeastern Asia, comprising the archipelago and islands between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia.

(Indonesia, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.

(Mozambique, NCI Thesaurus)

A Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast.

(Nova Scotia, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey.

(Bulgaria, NCI Thesaurus)

A high elevation plateau in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia, elevation about 3500 m.

(Altiplano, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A country in southeastern Asia, comprising a group of islands and including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia.

(Papua New Guinea, NCI Thesaurus)