northeastern

adjective

north·​east·​ern nȯrth-ˈē-stərn How to pronounce northeastern (audio)
1
often Northeastern : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Northeast
2
: lying toward or coming from the northeast
northeasternmost
nȯrth-ˈē-stərn-ˌmōst How to pronounce northeastern (audio)
adjective

Examples of northeastern in a Sentence

the northeastern corner of the state
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The better chance for rain — 25% to 40% — arrives Wednesday evening in northeastern Kansas and northwestern and northern Missouri as a cold front drops into the region. — Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, the war rages on A Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight wounded five people, including a 4-year-old child, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Months after he was born in Tokyo in January, 1939, his family moved to northeastern China and Chiba spent his early childhood there during Japan's occupation in the region, where his father worked at a printing factory. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 For the second time in a decade, Branford is poised to decide whether to let developers build a big-box warehouse store on about 40 acres of former apple orchards in the town’s northeastern corner. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for northeastern

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of northeastern was before the 12th century

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northeastern

adjective
north·​east·​ern nȯr-ˈthē-stərn How to pronounce northeastern (audio)
1
often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Northeast
2
: lying toward or coming from the northeast
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