eastern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiː.stən/
ipa: /ˈi.stɚn/
rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)n
Forms: form: more eastern
form: most eastern
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:
text: 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
ref: 2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393:
text: 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.
ref: 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: eoan
glosses: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
glosses: Blowing from the east; easterly.
raw_tags: of a wind
glosses: Oriental.
Derived terms: Adamawa-Eastern
Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
eastern baccharis
eastern banjo frog
eastern bearded dragon
Eastern Bloc
Eastern Bontok
Eastern Buyagan
eastern buzzard
eastern columbine
eastern coneflower
eastern cottonwood
eastern crevice skink
eastern crown
eastern curlew
Eastern Desert
eastern equine encephalitis
easterner
Eastern Europe
Eastern Friesland
Eastern Front
eastern gorilla
eastern gray squirrel
eastern green drake
eastern grey kangaroo
eastern hemisphere
eastern hemlock
Eastern Herzegovinian
eastern imperial eagle
eastern indigo snake
easternisation
easternise
easternism
easternization
easternize
eastern jackrabbit
eastern kingsnake
eastern leatherwood
easternly
easternmost
easternness
Eastern Norway
eastern olivaceous warbler
eastern Orphean warbler
Eastern Pacific giant conch
Eastern Palestine
eastern paradise whydah
Eastern parotia
eastern poison ivy
Eastern provinces
eastern ratsnake
eastern redbud
eastern red cedar
Eastern Region
eastern ringed xenica
eastern rosella
Eastern Rumelia
eastern screech owl
eastern spinebill
eastern spotted skunk
eastern tarantula
eastern tent caterpillar
Eastern Theater
Eastern Townships
Eastern Wao
eastern water dragon
eastern white pine
eastern wolf
Eastern Woodlands
eastern wood pewee
eastern yellow robin
eastern yellow wagtail
Far Eastern Federal District
Mideastern
noneastern
north-eastern
south-eastern
Related terms: northern
southern
western
northeastern
southeastern
southwestern
northwestern