"Southeastern" meaning in English

See Southeastern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: By surface analysis, equally (1) Southeast + -ern or (2) a proprialization from southeastern. Etymology templates: {{glossary|surface analysis}} surface analysis, {{affix|en|Southeast|-ern}} Southeast + -ern Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Southeastern (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern
    Sense id: en-Southeastern-en-adj-f~W3E~ez
  2. Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
    (US) Of or relating to the southeastern region of the contiguous United States.
    Tags: US, not-comparable Related terms: Deep South (english: overlaps substantially with the U.S.'s Southeast but is not synonymous)
    Sense id: en-Southeastern-en-adj-rXs~J7Tn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ern, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ern: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Coordinate_terms: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern
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