# east
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér (“east”). Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Danish øst, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iːst/, enPR: ēst
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* Rhymes: -iːst

### Noun

east (plural easts)
* The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
    Alternative form: (abbreviation) E
    Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.
    We live in the east of the country.
** 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]
* The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
** 1855, John Reynolds, My Own Times: Embracing Also the History of My Life, page 271:We, in the west, agreed amongst ourselves that a penitentiary should be erected with our half of the money arising as above stated; and the east agreed to improve the country in their vicinity with the other half.
* (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
** 2014 April 11, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706–2013, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, →ISBN, pages 364–365:A few [Anglican churches in South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland] are oriented other than due [geographic] east—St. Paul's, St. George's, and Prince George's parish churches face northeast and St. Andrew's, southeast. […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.
** 2018, Anat Geva, Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture, Routledge, →ISBN:However, in Mies' chapel, liturgical east is magnetic west.
** 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable to the point of visual exhaustion.

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| northwest | north | northeast |
| west | | east |
| southwest | south | southeast |

#### Derived terms

* Aberdare East
* about east
* Ascot
* Aston
* Aurora East
* Awang East
* back east
* Bagong Barrio East
* Barangay East
* Bath and North East Somerset
* Black East Indian
* Cabagñan East
* Cadcadir East
* Canada East
* Cansamada East
* Carunuan East
* Cheshire East
* Cosili East
* down east
* eastabout
* East Acton
* East Africa
* East Allington
* East Amwell
* East and West Buckland
* East Anglia
* East Ardsley
* East Atlantic peacock wrasse
* East Aurora
* East Ayrshire
* East Azerbaijan
* East Barkwith
* East Barnet
* East Beach
* East Bedlington
* East Bend
* East Bergholt
* East Bethlehem
* East Boldon
* eastbound
* East Brent
* East Bridgford
* East Buckland
* East Budleigh
* Eastbury
* east by north
* east by northeast
* east by south
* East Cambridgeshire
* East Carisac
* East Carleton
* East Carlton
* East Carroll Parish
* East Chevington
* East Chicago
* East Chinnock
* Eastchurch
* East Clandon
* East Claydon
* East Cleveland
* East Coker
* Eastcote
* East Coventry
* East Cove Port
* East Cowton
* East Dallas
* East Dean
* East Dean and Friston
* East Devon
* East Didsbury
* East Dorset
* East Down
* East Dubuque
* East Dulwich
* East Dunbartonshire
* East End
* easterliness
* easterly
* eastern
* easterner
* East Falkland
* East Farleigh
* East Feliciana Parish
* East Finchley
* East Fishkill
* East Fortune
* East Garston
* East Garton
* East Gippsland
* East Glacier Park
* East Goscote
* East Greenwich
* East Grinstead
* East Gwillimbury
* East Halton
* East Hampshire
* East Hampton
* East Hanningfield
* East Hants
* East Harling
* East Hartford
* East Haven
* East Hendred
* East Hertfordshire
* East Horndon
* East Horsley
* East Huntspill
* eastie
* Eastie
* East Indian
* East Indies
* East Indy
* easting
* East Kamias
* East Kilbride
* East Knoyle
* East Kootenay
* East Lake
* Eastlake
* East La Mirada
* eastland
* East Langton
* East Lansing
* East Lavington
* East Leake
* East Lindsey
* East Linton
* East Lockinge
* East London
* East Lothian
* eastly
* East Markham
* East Marlborough
* East Marmara
* East Mead
* East Melbourne
* East Moline
* East Moors
* eastmost
* East Naples
* eastness
* East Northamptonshire
* east northeast
* east-northeast
* east-north-east
* east-northeasterly
* east-northeastern
* east-northeastward
* east-northeastwards
* East Norton
* Easton
* East Orange
* East Palestine
* East Peckham
* East Pennsboro
* East Peoria
* East Pilbara
* East Poblacion
* Eastport
* East Providence
* East Quantoxhead
* Eastralia
* East Region
* East Renfrewshire
* East Riding
* East Runton
* East Sheen
* Eastside
* east side, eastside
* east-south-east
* east-southeast
* east southeast
* east-southeasterly
* east-southeastern
* east-southeastward
* east-southeastwards
* East Staffordshire
* East St. Louis
* East Stroudsburg
* East Suffolk
* East Sussex
* East Tilbury
* East Timor
* East Tisted
* East Turkestan
* East Turkistan
* East Vietnamese Sea
* Eastville
* eastward
* eastwardly
* eastwards
* East Wemyss
* east-west
* East Whiteland
* east wind
* Eastwood
* East Woodburn
* East Woodhay
* East Worthing
* East York
* East Zorra
* Essex
* Gabu Norte East
* Gilling East
* Grace Park East
* Highlands East
* Holme East Waver
* Hugpa East
* Ilawod East
* Kahayagan East
* Kawit-East Washington Drive
* Kayan East
* Kew East
* Kilikili East
* La Paz East
* Lobe-lobe East
* Mangato East
* Middle East
* Muñoz East
* Nangalisan East
* nor'-east
* nor'-nor'-east
* north by east
* north-east
* northeast
* northeast by east
* North East Derbyshire
* North East Lincolnshire
* North-East Region
* north-north-east
* north-northeast
* Pagolingin East
* Pata East
* Perth East
* Poblacion East
* Rosedale East Side
* Sampao East
* San Francisco East
* San Jose East
* Scotland of the East
* Silicon Valley of the East Coast
* sou'-east
* sou'-sou'-east
* south by east
* south-east
* southeast
* southeast by east
* south-south-east
* south-southeast
* star in the east
* St Newlyn East
* Teachers Village East
* Valley East

#### Translations

    Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

### Adjective

east (not comparable)
* Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
* (meteorology) Blowing (as wind) from the east.
* Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
* From the East; oriental.
* (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.
    the east front of a cathedral
** 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.
** 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable […] a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end, filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).

#### Synonyms

* (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
* (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
* (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
* (from the East): oriental

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “situated or lying in or towards the east”): westward
* (antonym(s) of “meteorology: wind from the east”): westerly
* (antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to the east”): western

#### Translations
### Adverb

east (not comparable)
* towards the east; eastwards

#### Synonyms

* (towards the east): eastwards

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “towards the east”): west. westwards

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Descendants

* → Cornish: est

### Anagrams

* AEST, ESTA, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, seta, tase, teas

## Estonian
### Noun

east
* elative singular of iga

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* ēaste f

### Etymology

Related to Proto-West Germanic *austr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æ͜ɑːst/

### Noun

ēast m
* the east

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: est
** English: east
*** → Cornish: est
** Scots: eist, aist

### Adjective

ēast
* eastern, easterly

#### Descendants

* English: east

### Adverb

ēast
* from the east
* towards the east

#### Descendants

* Middle English: est
** English: east
* → Old French: est
** French: est (see there for further descendants)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian āst, from Proto-West Germanic *austr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.əst/

### Adjective

east
* east, eastern, easterly

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

### Noun

east n (plural [please provide])
* east

### Noun

east c (plural [please provide])
* east, eastern former colonies

### See also

compass points:
| | noard | |
| west | | east |
| | súd | |

### Further reading

* “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011