southeastern

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Definition of southeastern

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adj

Of or pertaining to the southeast.

“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.”
“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.”

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adj

Of or pertaining to the southeast.

“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.”
“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.”
(not-comparable)Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
(US, not-comparable)Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

“Some of these Southeastern rainstorms are shocking to folks who didn't grow up here.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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