Northeast

See also: northeast, north-east, and North East

English

Alternative forms

• North East

Etymology

By proprialization from northeast.

Proper noun

the Northeast

1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

   Comeronyms: North, South, East, West, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

   2. (US) The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.

      Comeronyms: North, South, East, West, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

      • 2021 February 8, Emily Badger, “West Virginia Has Everyone’s Attention. What Does It Really Need?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 April 2021:

        Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.

   3. (UK) Alternative form of North East (“a region of England”).
   4. (China) The northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in China.
   5. (India) The northeastern region of India including Assam and its surrounding states.

Related terms

• North East
• Northeastern (adjective)
• Northeastern Region

Proper noun

Northeast

1. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Adams County, Illinois.
   2. A township in Orange County, Indiana.
   3. A defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
   4. A section in Billings, Montana.
   5. A quadrant in Washington, D.C..

Synonyms

• (US): North (Southern US)
• (China): Manchuria, Inner Manchuria (sometimes proscribed)
• (India): Seven Sisters, Seven Sister States

See also

• New England

Anagrams

• Athertons