southeastern

American  

[sauth-eest-ern] / ˌsaʊθˈist ərn /

adjective

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

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

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Example Sentences

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, a surprising scene unfolds outside the nests of small cone ants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Alex previously worked in Southeast Asia as a video journalist and in southeastern Alaska as a public radio reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Some fear that’s what’s planned for Borj Qalaouiya, a village some seven miles from Lebanon’s southeastern border.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The port, in southeastern Oman on the Arabian Sea and some 700 miles removed from the Strait of Hormuz, is a major container port.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Adoption of food production may have been rapid and wholesale in southeastern and central Europe because the hunter-gatherer lifestyle there was less productive and less competitive.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond