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Eastern

//ˈi.stɚn// adj

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Adjective

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."
2
Of a region designated as the East by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author.
"The noble steamer Atlantic, after a most favorable passage of twelve days, carried our friends safely to the desired port of Liverpool. As Natalie stood once again upon terra firma, she could hardly credit that over three thousand miles of ocean separated her from her home,—that the same waves which washed the shores of her cherished island, broke upon the shores of this Eastern world."
3
Blowing from the east; easterly.
4
Of the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire.
5
Oriental. broadly

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Eastern Orthodox.

Adjective

1
from the east; used especially of winds wordnet
2
lying in or toward the east wordnet
3
lying toward or situated in the east wordnet
4
relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world wordnet
5
of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). Morphologically east + -ern.

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