eastern

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

   • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
   • The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
   • Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.
2. 2

   Blowing from the east

   Blowing from the east; easterly.

3. 3

   Oriental.

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   1. 4

      Of a region designated as the East by convention or from the perspective of the speaker…

      Of a region designated as the East by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author.

   2. 5

      Of the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire.

   3. 6

      Eastern Orthodox.

The neighborhood

• neighbornorthern
• neighborsouthern
• neighborwestern
• neighbornortheastern
• neighborsoutheastern
• neighborsouthwestern
• neighbornorthwestern