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EASTERN UNITED STATES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

Synonyms:

East; eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "eastern United States"):

Southeast; southeastern United States (the southeastern region of the United States)

Northeast; northeastern United States (the northeastern region of the United States)

East Coast (the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.))

Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)

Attribute:

eastern (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States)

Holonyms ("eastern United States" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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