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southeastern en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English *southesterne, from Old English sūþēasterne, equivalent to south + eastern.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to the southeast.
    • 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, page 22:
    • The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent.
    • It’s the stuff of nightmares for some, but it’s simply summer in southeastern Colorado, where thousands – yes, thousands – of male tarantulas are making the trek to find a mate. 2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more southeastern Degree=Cmp lexicographic
south-eastern Commonwealth, UK, alternative lexicographic
most southeastern Degree=Sup lexicographic

Coordinates

western · eastern · northern · southwestern · northwestern · northeastern · southern

Deriveds

Southeastern Europe · Southeastern Asia · Southeastern Asian · southeasterner · southeasternmost

Translations (39)

nn søraustre (southeastern) · cs jihovýchodní (southeastern) · ka სამხრეთაღმოსავლური (southeastern) · mk југоисточен (southeastern) · ja 東南の (southeastern) · es del sudeste (southeastern) · ru ю́го-восто́чный (southeastern) · ja 南東の (southeastern) · el νοτιοανατολικός (southeastern) · nb sørøstlig (southeastern) · az cənub-şərqi (southeastern) · es suroriental (southeastern) · ml തെക്കുകിഴക്കൻ (southeastern) · ko 남동의 (southeastern) · hi दक्षिणपूर्वी (southeastern) · vi đông nam (southeastern) · be паўднёва-ўсхо́дні (southeastern) · hu délkeleti (southeastern) · nb sørøstre (southeastern) · rsk юговосточни (southeastern) · es sudoriental (southeastern) · ca sud-oriental (southeastern) · mk југоисточна (southeastern) · cmn 東南的 /东南的 (southeastern) · es surestal (southeastern) · sa आग्नेय (southeastern) · mk југоисточно (southeastern) · ka სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთისა (southeastern) · es al sureste (southeastern) · it sudorientale (southeastern) · ko 동남의 (southeastern) · fi kaakkoinen (southeastern) · de südöstlich (southeastern) · nb sydøstlig (southeastern) · fr sud-oriental (southeastern) · hy հարավարևելյան (southeastern) · es sudestal (southeastern) · pl południowo-wschodni (southeastern) · pt do sudeste (southeastern)