eastern united states

1. 1.

   the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

   SynonymsEast

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsSoutheastNortheastEast CoastAppalachians

Questions about eastern united states

What does eastern united states mean?

eastern united states means "the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River".

What is another word for eastern united states?

Close synonyms include East. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eastern united states a common word?

eastern united states is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.