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upstate

[ uhp-steyt ]

noun

  1. the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.


adjective

  1. of or coming from such an area.
  2. located in or characteristic of this part.

adverb

  1. in, to, or into the upstate area.

upstate

/ ˈʌpˈsteɪt /

adjective

  1. towards, in, from, or relating to the outlying or northern sections of a state, esp of New York State


noun

  1. the outlying, esp northern, sections of a state

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Derived Forms

  • ˈupˈstater, noun

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Other Words From

  • upstater noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of upstate1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; up- + state

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Example Sentences

One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.

Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.

Republican Elise Stefanik, 30, of upstate New York, just became the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives.

At the same time, Eldridge was quietly preparing to run for Congress in upstate New York.

There was an art house in the town way upstate in New York where I was teaching and I went to every movie that opened there.

There was snow and that part of Germany had weather about the same as upstate New York.

Small upstate towns and their school boards being what they were, this was one of many necessary financial precautions.

It was from some upstate village,—and the house servants of the mistress had aided in the attack upon her.

I was born and raised in a one-horse town upstate; and, even though I ain't been back for twenty years, I know what it's like.

Vaguely they'd had the impression that the mother had come from somewhere upstate; where, they did not know.

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