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1. (adj.) eastern
lying toward or situated in the east.
2. eastern
directed or proceeding toward the east.
3. eastern
coming from the east:
an eastern wind.
4. eastern
(often cap.) of or pertaining to the East in the U.S.
5. eastern
(cap.) of or pertaining to the Eastern Church or to any of the churches constituting it.
6. eastern
(usu. cap.) of or pertaining to the East; Oriental.
7. eastern
(usu. cap.) (formerly) of or pertaining to the Soviet Union and its allies.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE ēasterne; akin to OS, OHG ōstroni, ON austroenn. See east , -ern)
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1. (adj) eastern
lying toward or situated in the east
"the eastern end of the island"
2. (adj) eastern
of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
"the Eastern establishment"
3. (adj) easterly, eastern
lying in or toward the east
"the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"
4. (adj) eastern
relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
"Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"
5. (adj) easterly, eastern
from the east; used especially of winds
"an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"
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1. (adjective) Eastern
in or from the east
Eastern Europe
2. Eastern
in or from the part of the world that includes Asia and India
ancient Eastern medicine
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) eastern
situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries
2. (adj) eastern
going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage
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Sense: of the east or the East
an eastern custom.
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 Afrikaans: Oosters |
 Arabic: شَرْقي |
 Bulgarian: източен |
 Brazilian: oriental |
 Czech: orientální |
 German: östlich |
 Danish: østlig; orientalsk |
 Greek: ανατολίτικος |
 Spanish: oriental |
 Estonian: idapoolne, idamaine |
 Farsi: شرقی؛ خاوری |
 Finnish: itämainen |
 French: oriental |
 Hebrew: מִזרָחִי |
 Hindi: पूर्वी |
 Croatian: istočnjački |
 Hungarian: keleti |
 Indonesian: dari timur |
 Icelandic: austrænn; austurlenskur |
 Italian: orientale |
 Japanese: 東 (洋) の |
 Korean: 동쪽의 |
 Lithuanian: rytietiškas, Rytų |
 Latvian: austrumu-; austrumniecisk |
 Malay: ketimuran |
 Dutch: oostelijk, oosters |
 Norwegian: østlig, øst- |
 Polish: wschodni |
 Persian: شرقی؛ خاوری |
 Pashto: شرقى، دختيځ |
 Portuguese: oriental |
 Romanian: oriental |
 Russian: восточный; относящийся к |
 Slovak: orientálny |
 Slovenian: vzhoden; vzhodnjaški |
 Serbian: istočnjački |
 Swedish: öst-, östlig, österländsk |
 Thai: ทางตะวันออก |
 Turkish: Doğuya ait |
 Taiwanese: 東部的 |
 Ukrainian: східний |
 Urdu: مسرق سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc phía đông |
 Chinese: 东部的 |
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