Synonyms:
northeastern
Meaning: of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Synonyms:
northeastern, northeasterly, northeast
Meaning: situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island"
Usage examples
I do not deny the existence of other causes, such as the fertile region of the Northwest, the better harbors, the greater amount of shipping of the Northeastern States, and the prejudice of Europeans against contact with the negro race; but the causes I have first stated were, I think, the chief, and those only which are referable to the action of the General Government.
If we consider only the biological facts concerning some one group of animals it is not only easy but inevitable to conclude that its distribution must be accounted for by the existence of some former direct land bridge extending, for instance, between Patagonia and Australia, or between Brazil and South Africa, or between the West Indies and the Mediterranean, or between a part of the Andean region and northeastern Asia.