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northeastern is an adjective meaning "situated in or oriented toward the northeast". It carries 2 recorded senses.
situated in or oriented toward the northeast
“the northeasterly part of the island”
of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for northeastern come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.