East

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A personification of the wind from the east.
2. (countable, uncountable) The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.
3. (countable, uncountable) The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.
5. (countable, uncountable) The eastern states of the United States.
6. (countable, uncountable) The eastern part of any region.
7. (countable, uncountable) A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
8. (countable, uncountable) A surname.

Synonyms

east

Orient

eastern United States

SE

in the east

wind

East Coast

Translations

oriente

orient

oriente

est

est

oriente

Est

levante

Osten

nascente

levant

levante

ανατολή

Oostblok

état

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iːst/

Etymology

The civil parish is named for its geographical location. Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Sentences

East Prospect is served by the Eastern York School District .

Such contest between federal governing parties has previously only happened in East Malaysia .

" Menhaden " completed six more deployments in the troubled waters of the Far East .

East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county of Aberdeen .