in or to a part of a state that is far from its main cities, especially a northern part They retired and went to live upstate. We drove upstate in search of snow.
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NAmE//ˈʌpsteɪt//
adjective [only before noun] upstate New YorkSee upstate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: upstate