Meaning of Northeast | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   US
2. A place in the United States:
3. A township in Adams County, Illinois.
4. The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
5. A township in Orange County, Indiana.
6. The northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in China.
   China
7. A defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
8. The northeastern region of India including Assam and its surrounding states.
   India
9. A section in Billings, Montana.
10. A quadrant in Washington, D.C..

Equivalents

Examples

“The task of discussing priority concerns for this region is complicated by the fact that there are essentially two rural northeasts.”

“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.”

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