upstate

From up +‎ state.

• IPA^(key): (noun, adjective) /ˈʌpsteɪt/, (adverb) /ʌpˈsteɪt/

upstate (plural upstates)

2. (US) The northern section of a state.

   Antonym: downstate

4. (US) The inland section of a state, particularly South Carolina.

   Antonym: Lowcountry

6. A period during sleep when somebody is primed and ready to learn.

   Antonym: downstate

upstate (comparative more upstate, superlative most upstate)

1. (US) Of the northern section of a state.

   They went hunting in upstate New York.

   • 1996, “22 Short Films About Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21:

     Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers "steamed hams"?
     Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect.
     Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh? What region?
     Principal Skinner: Uh, upstate New York.
     Superintendent Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams".
     Principal Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression.
     Superintendent Chalmers: I see.

   • 2019 June 10, Mimi Vu, “How a 19th-Century Workman’s Cottage Became a Family Home”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2019:

     But for Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead, the recent revamp of an 1850s residence in upstate New York not only presented them with a thrilling challenge, it also marked a celebratory homecoming after a few years spent living in the South.

upstate (comparative more upstate, superlative most upstate)

1. (US) To the northern section of a state.

   He drove upstate to visit his mother.