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- adjective Of, facing, situated in, or related to the
south-east - adjective of a wind
blowing from the south-east; south-easterly
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Examples
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Right now, the south-eastern and southern states have lower participation rates, but so do the southwestern states (and Maine, NJ, and NY).
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We took Lola, then six months, to Lanzarote for an autumn break at Casa Katharina, a smart but affordable house on a peaceful, if nondescript, estate near Playa Blanca on the island's south-eastern side.
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In February 2009, the south-eastern state of Victoria, then in the grip of drought, was hit by bushfires.
The Cycles Driving Oz's Weather Cheryl Jones 2011
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At 31, he lives in tight quarters with three other academics in Bonamoussadi, a cluttered student residence area on the south-eastern slope of Cameroon's bilingual university, Yaoundé University.
In Cameroon, Hopes of U.S. Residency Don't Waver Emmanuel Tumanjong 2011
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The last time Lloyd's faced claims of this magnitude was in 2005, when hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma ripped up swaths of the south-eastern US states.
Lloyd's of London warns insurers to raise premiums or risk collapse after next big natural disaster 2011
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In the south-eastern lowlands it is called sedapa or sedapak.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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An earthquake in south-eastern Turkey has killed more than 200 people, with hundreds more casualties feared.
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To prevent confusion, Lieutenant Pollock had insisted that the lower centre-stake be driven first, next the south-eastern; and so on around the four sides, including the upper centre-stake on the way.
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At one crumpled four-storey building in Ercis a team of firemen from the largest south-eastern city of Diyarbakir were trying to reach four children believed trapped deep in an apartment block as concerned bystanders looked on.
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The 16-year-old was found outside her home in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman last December in a sitting position, her hands tied.
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