SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southeastern United States mean? 

• SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (noun)
  The noun SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES has 1 sense:

1. the southeastern region of the United States

  Familiarity information: SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The southeastern region of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Southeast; southeastern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("southeastern United States" is a part of...):

East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River)

 Context examples 

A state in the southeastern United States.

(Florida, NCI Thesaurus)