southeastern
southeastern adjective: of or pertaining to the southeast.
Adjective (1)
southeastern (comparative more southeastern, superlative most southeastern)
- Of or pertaining to the southeast.
- The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent.
- Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.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...
Adjective (2) capitalized: Southeastern
Southeastern (not comparable)
- Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
- Of or relating to the southeastern region of the contiguous United States.
- Some of these Southeastern rainstorms are shocking to folks who didn't grow up here.
- Of or relating to the southeastern region of the contiguous United States.
southeastern meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Sanskrit
southeastern in Hindi
- southeastern
- दक्षिणपूर्वी dakṣiṇpūrvī
southeastern in Marathi
- southeastern
- आग्नेय āgneya
southeastern in Malayalam
- southeastern
- തെക്കുകിഴക്കൻ tekkukiḻakkaṉ
southeastern in Sanskrit
- southeastern
- आग्नेय āgneya
More languagesFewer languages
- southeastern in Vietnamese
- đông nam
Examples of southeastern in a sentence
- We met the developers to discuss the prospect of opening a fast-food joint on the mall's southeastern outparcel.
- The Ordos region in the narrower sense is nomadic by history, in contrast to the agricultural and densely populated southeastern loess part that stretches up to the Wei River valley.
- This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China.
Forms of southeastern
| comparative | more southeastern |
|---|---|
| superlative | most southeastern |
| alternative Commonwealth UK | south-eastern |
Origin of southeastern
From Middle English *southesterne, from Old English sūþēasterne, equivalent to south + eastern.
By surface analysis, equally (1) Southeast + -ern or (2) a proprialization from southeastern.
Words formed from southeastern
Phrases with southeastern
Questions about southeastern
- What does southeastern mean?
- Southeastern means of or pertaining to the southeast.
- What is southeastern in Hindi?
- Southeastern in Hindi is दक्षिणपूर्वी (dakṣiṇpūrvī). See Southeastern meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is southeastern?
- Southeastern is an adjective.
Words near southeastern in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: southeastern (page history and authors); Southeastern (page history and authors); आग्नेय (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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