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eastland

eastland noun: the eastern part of a geographic area; a land lying to the east.

Noun

eastland (plural eastlands)

  1. The eastern part of a geographic area; a land lying to the east.
    • The hawk called Grenzar, who searches out the eastlands, not far above rested on the branch of the oak tree, […]2020, H. G. Potter, The Fall of Nystol and Other Tales, page 397

Proper noun capitalized: Eastland

Eastland (countable and uncountable, plural Eastlands)

  1. A surname.
    • But Ms. Smyrl is among what appears to be a quiet majority of parents and alumnae who support the camp’s reopening, and see the Eastlands as equal victims of an unforeseeable natural disaster for which no one could have prepared. […] She, too, was a Mystic girl, and she wanted to thank Ms. Smyrl...2026 February 24, Ruth Graham, “How the Flood Fractured the Tightknit Camp Mystic Community”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026
  2. A city, the county seat of Eastland County, Texas, United States.
  3. (historical) The land(s) in the east.
    • The charter, however, merely prohibited Englishmen to trade in the Eastland unless they were members of the Eastland company; it did not prohibit them to import Eastland goods from elsewhere.2015, R. W. K. Hinton, The Eastland Trade and the Common Weal in the Seventeenth Century

Forms of eastland

Noun
pluraleastlands
Proper noun
pluralEastlands

Origin of eastland

From east + land.

Words formed from eastland

Questions about eastland

What does eastland mean?
Eastland means the eastern part of a geographic area; a land lying to the east.
What part of speech is eastland?
Eastland can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of eastland?
The plural of eastland is eastlands.

Words near eastland in the dictionary

  1. Eastington
  2. Eastins
  3. eastish
  4. Eastlake
  5. Eastlakes
  6. eastland
  7. Eastland County
  8. eastlands
  9. Eastleach
  10. Eastleach Martin
  11. Eastleach Turville

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