| Acadia |
a former French colony on the northeastern coast of Canada. |
| Amish |
a Christian sect that separated from the Mennonites in the seventeenth century, the members of which advocate simple living and now live mostly in farming areas of the northeastern United States. [1/3 definitions] |
| Baldwin |
a moderately tangy winter apple grown in the northeastern United States. |
| balsam fir |
an evergreen tree of the pine family, native to Canada and the northeastern United States, which is cut for pulpwood and Christmas trees and from which Canada balsam is derived. |
| Bengal |
a region consisting of the northeastern state of West Bengal in India and the neighboring country of Bangladesh. Bengal was formerly a province of India before India's division into India and Pakistan. |
| black duck |
a dark brown pond duck of northeastern North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| brisling |
a small fish of the northeastern Atlantic; sprat. |
| Cancún |
a popular Mexican resort town, part of which is island, located on the northeastern, Caribbean coast of the Yucatan peninsula. |
| Connecticut |
a northeastern U.S. state south of Massachusetts. (abbr.: CT) |
| Corinth |
an ancient city in northeastern Greece. |
| CT |
abbreviation of "Connecticut," a northeastern U.S. state south of Massachusetts. |
| Dallas |
a large U.S. city in northeastern Texas on the Trinity River. |
| Danelaw |
the series of laws created by Danish invaders and settlers in northeastern England during the ninth and tenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
| Eskimo |
(sometimes considered offensive) a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Siberia; Inuit. [1/2 definitions] |
| Great Barrier Reef |
the largest coral reef system in the world, located in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
| Greenland |
the largest island in the world, a self-governing possession of Denmark between Iceland and the northeastern coastal islands of Canada. |
| Hopi |
a member of a tribe of Pueblo American Indians of northeastern Arizona. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. [1/2 definitions] |
| kill2 |
a creek (used in place names, esp. in the Northeastern U.S.) |
| MA |
abbreviation of "Massachusetts," a northeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast north of Connecticut. |
| Maine |
a U.S. state in the northeastern corner of the country. (abbr.: ME) |