What does eastern mean?
Definitions for eastern
ˈi stərneast·ern
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word eastern.
Princeton's WordNet
easternadjective
lying toward or situated in the east
"the eastern end of the island"
easternadjective
of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
"the Eastern establishment"
easterly, easternadjective
lying in or toward the east
"the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"
easternadjective
relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
"Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"
easterly, easternadjective
from the east; used especially of winds
"an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"
Wiktionary
easternadjective
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
easternadjective
blowing from the east; easterly
easternadjective
oriental
Etymology: From esterne, from easterne, from austrōnjaz, from austero-, from aus-. Cognate with and ostroni, austroenn. More at east.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Easternadjective
Etymology: from East.
Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
Seclude their bosom-slaves. James Thomson, Spring.The eastern end of the isle rises up in precipices. Addison.
A ship at sea has no certain method in either her eastern or western voyages, or even in her less distant sailing from the coasts, to know her longitude, or how much she is gone eastward or westward, as can easily be known in any clear day or night how much she is gone northward or southward. Addison.
ChatGPT
eastern
Eastern is a term that is used to refer to the direction that lies to the right of north when a person is facing the rising sun. It can also refer to locations, cultures, or phenomena that are located towards or characteristic of the east part of the world or a specific region. In a broader perspective, it may also refer to countries in Asia or the Eastern Hemisphere. The specific interpretation varies depending on context.
Webster Dictionary
Easternadjective
situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries
Easternadjective
going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage
Etymology: [AS. estern.]
Editors Contribution
eastern
Relating to the direction east.
The eastern winds were gentle and moderate.
Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
EASTERN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Eastern is ranked #134712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Eastern surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Eastern.
62.4% or 78 total occurrences were Black.
25.6% or 32 total occurrences were White.
8% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'eastern' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1721
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'eastern' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3341
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'eastern' in Adjectives Frequency: #226
Anagrams for eastern »
sterane
earnest
Earnest
estrane
nearest
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eastern in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eastern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of eastern in a Sentence
The prize goes to eastern Europe, which is unusual, incredible. For me as a Polish, it shows that despite all those problems with democracy in my country we still have something to say to the world, ...I would like to tell my friends, people in Poland, let's vote in a right way for democracy.
This is a big site in a strategic location, additionally it will be used not only to take gas directed to the Polish market, but to the entire central and eastern European region.
That's including around 60 battle groups. The situation is evolving rapidly and that number could change, but it's very large, and that's important. It's one of the largest in eastern Europe that we've seen in years -- in my lifetime, ukrainian numbers are more difficult because everything they have is now mobilized and they have called in reservists.
The Biden-Harris White House will issue a memo to take effect afternoon Eastern Time on January 20 that will halt, or delay, midnight regulations.
Right now there's a lot of models that are pointing to this big snowstorm for a good portion of the eastern U.S..
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- شرقيArabic
- ўсхо́дніBelarusian
- източенBulgarian
- llevant, orientalCatalan, Valencian
- východníCzech
- østligeDanish
- östlichGerman
- ανατολικόςGreek
- orientaEsperanto
- orientalSpanish
- idamaineEstonian
- شرقیPersian
- itä, itäinenFinnish
- orientalFrench
- thoirIrish
- an ear, searScottish Gaelic
- पूर्व काHindi
- keletiHungarian
- արևելյանArmenian
- TimurIndonesian
- orientaleItalian
- 東, 東方Japanese
- 동풍Korean
- orientemLatin
- источенMacedonian
- oostelijkDutch
- østligNorwegian
- wschodniPolish
- leste, [[do]] [[leste]], orientalPortuguese
- oriental, de est, esticRomanian
- восточныйRussian
- источни, istočniSerbo-Croatian
- východnýSlovak
- vzhodenSlovene
- lindorAlbanian
- östra, ostligSwedish
- கிழக்குTamil
- తూర్పుTelugu
- ตะวันออกThai
- doğuTurkish
- східнийUkrainian
- phương ĐôngVietnamese
- מזרחYiddish
- 東Chinese
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