WordNet
n. the northeastern region of the United States [syn: Northeast]
Wikipedia
The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the American Northeast or simply the Northeast, is a geographical region of the United States of America bounded to the north by Canada, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Southern United States, and to the west by the Midwestern United States. The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the Census Bureau for the collection and analysis of statistics. The Census Bureau-defined region has a total area of with of that being land mass. Though lacking a unified cultural identity, the Northeastern region is the nation's most economically developed, densely populated, and culturally diverse region. Of the nation's four census regions, the Northeast is the second most urban, with 85 percent of its population residing within urban areas, led by the West with 90 percent.
Northeastern United States, Northeast United States or Northeast region within the United States may refer to:
- Northeastern United States, one of four U.S. Census Bureau regions
- Northeast megalopolis, the heavily urbanized area of the U.S. stretching from Boston to Washington
- Northeast Region, an administrative division of the U.S. National Park Service
- Northeast Region (Boy Scouts of America)
Usage examples of "northeastern united states".
In 1983, a man walking in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts just off the Appalachian Trail saw--or at least swears' he saw--a mountain lion cross his path, which was a little unsettling and even more unexpected since mountain lions hadn't been seen in the northeastern United States since 1903, when the last one was shot in New York State.
The agent and the company president had a very pleasant conversation, and the president called an emergency meeting of his technical people and his top sales staff for the northeastern United States.
And of course the Unsub might not have bought the glue in the northeastern United States.
Frankly, we'd say today was bright and glorious, but for early light snows in the northeastern United States, rain by tonight in the Pacific Northwest, and the confirmation last week that the ever-popular El Nino has returned to the South Pacific.
This might seem a bit peculiar given that none of the money comes from Bermuda, the cable goes nowhere near Bermuda, and Nynex is centered in the northeastern United States.
The door opened and his masked guard walked in, a short heavyset man with a rasping voice Panov placed somewhere in the northeastern United States or possibly Chicago.
We landed somewhere in the northeastern United States, that I am sure, but I could not tell you where within a hundred kilometers.
It is of French origin, and the Remillards are a sizable family who originally were colonists in Quebec and later migrated to the northeastern United States, where there was a large but unobtrusive Franco-American population.
The Yuroks spoke a language related to the Woodland Algonquian tribes of the northeastern United States, while the Karuk spoke Hokan, the oldest language in northwestern California, and the Hupa spoke the Athapaskan, which was a language common in the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest.