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Definition of Northeastern
1. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the northeast. "The northeasterly part of the island"
2. Adjective. Of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Definition of Northeastern
1. a. Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
Definition of Northeastern
1. Adjective. of, related to, located in, or from the northeast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Northeastern
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northeastern
Literary usage of Northeastern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"THE northeastern BOUNDARY. A LEADING object sought to be accomplished, and which
was accomplished, by the treaty of Washington, was the settlement of the ..."
2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"THE northeastern FISHERIES QUESTION. The proposed submission to arbitration of
the questions in dispute under the fishery provisions of the Treaty of 1818 ..."
3. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"COMPARISON OF RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF IN THE northeastern UNITED STATES. Discussion.* BY
MESSRS. EC MURPHY, CHARLES A. HOLDEN, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... north and south of the great river, but more especially throughout the plateaus
of northern Quebec, northeastern Ontario and northern New Brunswick, ..."
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