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 Definitions of eastern  [ˈi stərn]  

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Definition of 'eastern' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'eastern' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'eastern' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'eastern' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'eastern' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the east or the East
an eastern custom.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: Oosters Arabic flag Arabic: شَرْقي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: източен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: oriental Czech flag Czech: orientální German flag German: östlich
Danish flag Danish: østlig; orientalsk Greek flag Greek: ανατολίτικος Spanish flag Spanish: oriental
Estonian flag Estonian: idapoolne, idamaine Farsi flag Farsi: شرقی؛ خاوری Finnish flag Finnish: itämainen
French flag French: oriental Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִזרָחִי Hindi flag Hindi: पूर्वी
Croatian flag Croatian: istočnjački Hungarian flag Hungarian: keleti Indonesian flag Indonesian: dari timur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: austrænn; austurlenskur Italian flag Italian: orientale Japanese flag Japanese: 東 (洋) の
Korean flag Korean: 동쪽의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: rytietiškas, Rytų Latvian flag Latvian: austrumu-; austrumniecisk
Malay flag Malay: ketimuran Dutch flag Dutch: oostelijk, oosters Norwegian flag Norwegian: østlig, øst-
Polish flag Polish: wschodni Persian flag Persian: شرقی؛ خاوری Pashto flag Pashto: شرقى، دختيځ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: oriental Romanian flag Romanian: oriental Russian flag Russian: восточный; относящийся к
Slovak flag Slovak: orientálny Slovenian flag Slovenian: vzhoden; vzhodnjaški Serbian flag Serbian: istočnjački
Swedish flag Swedish: öst-, östlig, österländsk Thai flag Thai: ทางตะวันออก Turkish flag Turkish: Doğuya ait
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 東部的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: східний Urdu flag Urdu: مسرق سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc phía đông Chinese flag Chinese: 东部的

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