noun: (UK) A region of England, consisting of the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the part of North Yorkshire that was part of the former county of Cleveland or the former county borough of Teesside.
noun: A geopolitical zone of Nigeria, consisting of the states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe.
noun: (US) Alternative form of Northeast (“a region of the contiguous United States”). [(US) The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.]
