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noun the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
adjective toward the southeast
adverb in a southeastward direction
originEtymology tree English southeast Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southeastward From southeast + -ward.
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