"down east" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "* Typically traced to 1817 nautical terminology referring to direction not location: in the warm months, the prevailing winds along the Atlantic coast of New England and Canada blow from the southwest, meaning ships sail downwind to go east.",
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        "Northeastern New England (particularly the easternmost section of the U.S. state of Maine) and Canada's Maritime provinces (sometimes including the Gaspé Peninsula and Newfoundland), an area that corresponds to the historical French territory of Acadia."
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          "Gaspé",
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  "etymology_text": "* Typically traced to 1817 nautical terminology referring to direction not location: in the warm months, the prevailing winds along the Atlantic coast of New England and Canada blow from the southwest, meaning ships sail downwind to go east.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "Down East fiddling",
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        "Of the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts."
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        "In or into the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts."
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  "word": "down east"
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  "etymology_text": "* Typically traced to 1817 nautical terminology referring to direction not location: in the warm months, the prevailing winds along the Atlantic coast of New England and Canada blow from the southwest, meaning ships sail downwind to go east.",
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  "word": "down east"
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  "etymology_text": "* Typically traced to 1817 nautical terminology referring to direction not location: in the warm months, the prevailing winds along the Atlantic coast of New England and Canada blow from the southwest, meaning ships sail downwind to go east.",
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        "Of the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts."
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "In or into the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts."
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  "word": "down east"
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