northeastern

American  

[nawrth-eest-ern] / ˌnɔrθˈist ərn /

adjective

1. situated in, coming from, or proceeding toward the northeast.

2. Northeastern, of or relating to a region traditionally known as the Northeast in a country, continent, etc.

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northeastern

The scientists analyzed more than 3,000 bones collected in northeastern Wyoming.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

And a resident of the northeastern Bulgarian city of Ruse found bones on the Danube river bed, which experts determined were the remains of a mammoth.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

There have been 3,360 confirmed cases, including 1,487 deaths since May, with the outbreak heavily centred on the northeastern Ituri province.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Syrskiy, meanwhile, said he had visited the northeastern front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, sometimes referred to as the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, developed in what is now the northeastern part of the United States.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz