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US
/ˌnɔɹˈθistɝn/
]
[ UK /nˈɔːθiːstən/ ]
[ UK /nˈɔːθiːstən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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
How To Use northeastern In A Sentence
- The daft governor of Massachusetts, Mitch Romney, apparently is still thinking that the wingnuts will somehow allow a northeasterner to be a serious presidential candidate so he completely wimped out (and sucked up to the wingnuts) by leaving it to his spokesman. 07/14/2005
- Hannity is a illiterate, non-educated Northeastern bohunk with a big yap and no brains. Think Progress » Hannity: Snow Storms ‘Seem To Contradict Al Gore’s Hysterical Global Warming Theories’
- European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium.
- By the mid-1800s deer, beaver, and wild turkey, to name just a few of the most commonly hunted animals, had been all but extirpated from the northeastern United States. Overkill
- Caisii Mao/ Demotix Boys played football in a waterlogged field after heavy monsoon rain hit Dimapur, in the northeastern state of Nagaland, June 27. Early Monsoon Showers
- A vegetation study was conducted within central Pennsylvania's Ridge and Valley Province at the Mohn Mill natural area, an area that harbors the federally endangered northeastern bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus.
- the northeastern trend of the coast
- Most of the early immigrants of the late nineteenth century worked in the steel mills and foundries of the northeastern states.
- Such sites might include low farm land and wet meadows along major waterways, including many infested sites along creeks and canals in northeastern Nebraska.
- China Modern Agriculture Inc., based in China's northeastern city of Harbin, in December finalized an agreement to acquire smaller dairy operation Shangzhi Yulong Cattle Co. Terms weren't disclosed. Nestlé to Help Fund Dairy-Farming Institute in China