Upstate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Upstate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

The northern section of a state.

"After spending the summer upstate, we finally drove back down to the city for winter break."

Adjective

Of the northern section of a state.

"They decided to drive upstate New York for the weekend getaway."

Adverb

in or toward the northern parts of a state

"he lives upstate New York"

upstate

To the northern section of a state.

"We drove upstate to visit my cousins who live in Albany."