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upstate is an adverb meaning "in or toward the northern parts of a state". It carries one recorded sense.
in or toward the northern parts of a state
“he lives upstate New York”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for upstate 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.
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