southeast

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due south and due east, or 135° east of due north.
• noun An area or region lying in the southeast.
• noun A region of the southeast United States generally including Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.
• adjective To, toward, of, facing, or in the southeast.
• adjective Originating in or coming from the southeast.
• adverb In, from, or toward the southeast.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun That point on the horizon between south and east which is equally distant from them; S. 45° E., or E. 45° S., or, loss strictly, a point or region intermediate between south and east.
• Pertaining to the southeast; proceeding from or directed toward that point; southeastern.
• Toward or from the southeast.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast
• noun The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE.
• adjective Towards the southeast (UK: south-east); southeastwards.
• adjective southeastern (UK: south-eastern), southeasternmost; occupying a position that is relatively southeast of another.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adverb to, toward, or in the southeast
• noun a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
• adjective coming from the southeast
• noun the southeastern region of the United States
• adjective situated in or oriented toward the southeast
• noun the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point
• noun the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
• adverb to, toward, or in the southeast