Also spelled south-eastern
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of, in, or toward the southeast
The drought mainly affected the southeastern part of the country.
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· of, in, or toward the...
southeasterly
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southeasterner
Etymology
From southeast + -ern (as in eastern, western), a directional adjective suffix; southeast combines Old English sūþ ('south') and ēast ('east').
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