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southeast
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[ adverb ] to, toward, or in the southeast
Synonyms Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)For many years the Northwest_Company had its southern headquarters at Prairie_du_Chien on the Mississippi_River , some 300 miles southeast of present-day St._Paul , Minnesota . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)And so , after a flight southeast to Savannakhet , we found ourselves bouncing along in a Jeep right behind the Land-Rover of Prince_Boun_Oum of Champassak , a tall man of Churchillian mien in a bush_jacket and a ten-gallon_hat from Texas . |
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[ noun ] the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Southern_China , all_of southeast Asia , southern India and Ceylon , these states of the Malay_Federation spoke Bazaar . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) the southeastern region of the United States
Synonyms Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)To find_out , we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled , in the daytime at_least , by the Royal_Lao_Army : from Attopeu , the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast , to Muong_Sing , the City of Lions in the northwest , close to Communist_China ( map , page 250 ) . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] coming from the southeast
Synonyms Examples "southeasterly breezes" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the southeast
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