North-eastern

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of northeastern. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "I first examined the large series of fine skulls from the Chen-kou-ting district of North-eastern Ssuchuan, close to the border of Shensi and Hupei."

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arcticborealeasteasterlyeasternhyperborean

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"When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common', and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'."

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