With a capital N, this is not just “somewhere toward the north and east.” It is a name for a region of the United States: the six New England states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) plus New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia sit in it. Winters can be hard; people talk about snow, old cities, and dense settlement.

With a capital N大寫N開頭時，this這個字 is not不只是 just "somewhere toward the north and east"「北邊偏東一帶的某個地方」而已。It它 is是 a name for a region of the United States美國一個地區的名稱：the six New England states六個新英格蘭州（Maine緬因、New Hampshire新罕布夏、Vermont佛蒙特、Massachusetts麻州、Rhode Island羅德島、Connecticut康乃迪克）plus加上 New York紐約、New Jersey紐澤西 and and Pennsylvania賓州。Cities像波士頓、紐約和費城這樣的城市 like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia sit in it都在這個範圍裡。Winters冬天 can be可能會 hard很難熬；people人們 talk about會談到 snow雪, old cities古老的城市, and dense settlement還有密集的聚落。

Though actually in casual US talk the edges blur — some speakers stretch it down the coast — but the tidy list stops at those nine states.

Though actually不過事實上 in casual US talk在美國人隨口說的時候，the edges邊界 blur會模糊——some speakers有些人 stretch it down the coast會把它一路往南延伸到海岸——but但 the tidy list那份整齊的清單 stops at就停在 those nine states那九個州為止。

Lowercase northeast is only the direction or any area in that corner of a map. This capitalized Northeast is a US place-name, the way 東北 in Chinese often names China’s northeast, which is a different place entirely.

Lowercase小寫的northeast Lowercase northeast只是 is only the direction方向本身 or或 any area任何地方 in that corner of a map在地圖上那個角落。This這個 capitalized大寫的Northeast Northeast是 is a US place-name一個美國的地名，the way就像 東北 東北 in Chinese中文裡 often常常 names指的是 China's northeast中國的東北，which而那 is a different place entirely是完全不同的另一個地方。