upstate

(noun, adjective, adverb)

adjective

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

- They went hunting in upstate New York.

adverb

1. in or toward the northern parts of a state

- he lives upstate New York

Sentences with upstate as an adverb:

- He drove upstate to visit his mother.

noun

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