southeastern

CEFRB1

/sˌaʊˈθistərn/

adjective

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adjective
In or relating to the southeast part of a place.
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adjective
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Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

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Some of these Southeastern rainstorms are shocking to folks who didn't grow up here.
The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent.
Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.

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Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
1954, J. C. Olson, D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernadino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey, Profe...
It’s the stuff of nightmares for some, but it’s simply summer in southeastern Colorado, where thousands – yes, thousands – of male tarantulas are making the trek to find a mate.
2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNN

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From Middle English *southesterne, from Old English sūþēasterne, equivalent to south + eastern.