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ID: 4011495
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4011495

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eastern United States (general region)  Eastern United States (general region)

Note: Typically refers to all states east of the Allegheny Mountains bordering the Atlantic Ocean, although the term generally excludes the southern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It may also refer to all states east of the Mississippi River.

Names:
Eastern United States (preferred,C,V)
United States, Eastern (C,V,English,U,N)
Eastern States (C,V)
East, The (C,V)
Etats-Unis de l'Est (C,O,French,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Eastern United States (general region)  ............  Eastern United States (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Eastern States..........  [VP]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 352
Eastern United States..........  [VP Preferred]
......................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
East, The..........  [VP]
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 351
Etats-Unis de l'Est..........  [BHA]
...................................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
United States, Eastern..........  [BHA]
.........................................  Recovery of Meaning, Eastern USA (1988) Connah
Subject: .....  [BHA]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Recovery of Meaning, Eastern USA (1988) Connah
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 351; 352
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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