This term not only refers to a direction but a regionof the United states consisting of states such as Georgia the carolinas Alabama Floridaand others

South-east refers to a direction but a region of the United states consisting of states such as Georgia the Carolinas Alabama Florida and others.

Explanation:

In map we have different directions which are also known as cardinal points. These are north, south, east, west, north-east, north-west and south-east, south-west. South-east is not only a direction but also a region of United states comprises of Georgia, Carolina, Alabama, Florida and others.

Like in case of Asia south east region comprises of China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillippines. These are not all land locked states or countries. Some of them are islands.