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southeastern

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See also: south-eastern

English

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Etymology

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From south +‎ eastern or southeast +‎ -ern.

Adjective

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southeastern (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the southeast.
    Coordinate terms: eastern, northern, northeastern, northwestern, southern, southwestern, western
    The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent.
    • 1954, J. C. Olson, D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernadino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 261, page 22:
      Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.

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