adj
Meaning 1
Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
northeastern
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌnɔːˈθiː.stn̩/
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US: /ˌnorˈθiː.stɚn/
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rhymes with -iːstə(ɹ)n
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
Of or relating to the northeastern region of the contiguous United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
Examples
- He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
situated in or oriented toward the northeast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the northeasterly part of the island
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: northeasterly, northeast
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English norþesterne, from Old English norþēasterne, equivalent to north + eastern.
By surface analysis, equally (1) Northeast + -ern or (2) a proprialization from northeastern.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հյուսիսարեւելյան (hyusisarewelyan) — northeastern
- Armenian: հյուսիսաբնակ (hyusisabnak) — northeastern
- Azerbaijani: şimal-şərqi — northeastern
- Belarusian: паўно́чна-ўсхо́дні (pawnóčna-wsxódni) — northeastern
- Catalan: nord-oriental — northeastern
- Czech: severovýchodní — northeastern
- Dutch: noordoostelijk — northeastern
- Esperanto: nordorienta — northeastern
- Finnish: koillinen — northeastern
- French: nord-oriental — northeastern
- Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთის (črdilo-aɣmosavletis) — northeastern
- Georgian: ჩრდილოაღმოსავლეთის (črdiloaɣmosavletis) — northeastern
- Georgian: ჩრდილოაღმოსავლური (črdiloaɣmosavluri) — northeastern
- German: nordöstlich — northeastern
- Greek: βορειοανατολικός (voreioanatolikós) — northeastern
- Hausa: arewa maso gabashi — northeastern
- Hindi: उत्तरपूर्वी (uttarpūrvī) — northeastern
- Hungarian: északkeleti — northeastern
- Irish: thoir thuaidh — northeastern
- Italian: nordorientale — northeastern
- Macedonian: североисточен (severoistočen) — northeastern
- Pannonian Rusyn: сиверовосточни (siverovostočni) — northeastern
- Polish: północno-wschodni — northeastern
- Portuguese: nordestino — northeastern
- Romanian: nord-vestic — northeastern
- Russian: се́веро-восто́чный (sévero-vostóčnyj) — northeastern
- Serbo-Croatian: sjeveroistočni — northeastern
- Serbo-Croatian: severoistočni — northeastern
- Spanish: del nordeste — northeastern
- Spanish: al nordeste — northeastern
- Spanish: nororiental — northeastern
- Spanish: nordoriental — northeastern
- Spanish: nordestal — northeastern
- Spanish: norestal — northeastern
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