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eastern

UK/ˈiː.stən//ˈi.stɚn/

eastern adjective: of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

Adjective (1)

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern or easternmost)

  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.1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25
    • 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.¹⁹⁶2015, 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...
    Synonyms:
    eoan
  2. Blowing from the east; easterly.
  3. (broadly) Oriental.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Eastern

Eastern (comparative more Eastern, superlative most Eastern)

  1. 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...1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
  2. Of the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire.
  3. Eastern Orthodox.

eastern meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

eastern in Hindi

related to the east
पूर्वी pūrvī, पूरबी pūrbī, पूर्वीय pūrvīya
blowing from the east
पूर्वी pūrvī, पूरबी pūrbī, पूर्वीय pūrvīya

eastern in Tamil

eastern
கிழக்கத்தி kiḻakkatti, கிழக்கத்திய kiḻakkattiya

eastern in Marathi

eastern
पूर्व pūrva

eastern in Urdu

related to the east
مَشْرِقی maśriqī, شَرْقی śarqī
More languagesFewer languages
eastern in Bengali
পূর্ব purbo
eastern in Malayalam
കിഴക്കൻ kiḻakkaṉ
eastern in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ prācīna
eastern in Punjabi
ਪੂਰਬੀ pūrbī
eastern in Gujarati
પૂર્વીય
eastern in Odia
ପୂର୍ବୀୟ purbiya
eastern in Sanskrit
पूर्व pū́rva, प्राञ्च् prā́ñc
eastern in Sinhala
නැගෙනහිර nægenahira, පෙර pera
eastern in Assamese
পূৰ্বীয় pûrbiyô
eastern in Nepali
पूर्वीय
eastern in Pashto
شرقي šarqi
eastern in Arabic
شَرْقِيّ šarqiyy
eastern in Thai
ตะวันออก dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk
eastern in Vietnamese
đông
eastern in Myanmar
အရှေ့ a.hre.

Examples of eastern in a sentence

  • In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
  • Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.
  • We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.

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Synonyms of eastern

Forms of eastern

comparativemore eastern
superlativemost eastern
superlativeeasternmost
comparativemore Eastern
superlativemost Eastern

Origin of eastern

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.

Words formed from eastern

Phrases with eastern

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Questions about eastern

What does eastern mean?
Eastern means of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
What is eastern in Hindi?
Eastern in Hindi is पूर्वी (pūrvī), पूरबी (pūrbī), पूर्वीय (pūrvīya). See Eastern meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eastern?
Eastern is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eastern?
Eastern is pronounced /ˈiː.stən/ (UK).

Words near eastern in the dictionary

  1. easterlings
  2. easterly
  3. Easterlys
  4. Eastermonth
  5. eastermost
  6. eastern
  7. Eastern Abenaki
  8. Eastern Abnaki
  9. Eastern Acipa
  10. Eastern Arabia
  11. Eastern Arabic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eastern (page history and authors); Eastern (page history and authors); கிழக்கத்தி (Tamil) (page history and authors); पूर्व (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); eastern (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पूर्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); නැගෙනහිර (Sinhala) (page history and authors); পূৰ্বীয় (Assamese) (page history and authors); eastern (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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