Meaning

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