Eastern Europe

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English

Eastern Europe during the Cold War

Etymology

From eastern + Europe

Proper noun

Eastern Europe

1. A socio-politic geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of the Czech Republic, Poland and the Balkans, and to the west of the Urals.
   • 1996 — Dennis P. Hupchick & Harold E. Cox, A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, map 3

     The Slavic peoples' ancestors entered Eastern Europe between the 5th and 7th centuries from their original common homeland.

Usage notes

The boundaries of Eastern Europe are not always clearly defined. "Overlapping" occurs in such cases as those of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. Numerous sources define Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as Eastern European countries as well.

Synonyms

• Eastern Bloc

Derived terms

• Eastern European

Translations

Eastern Europe

• Arabic: أوروبا الشرقية (ar) (’urúbba aš-šarqíyya) f
• Aragonese: Europa de l'Este (an)
• Armenian: Արևելյան Եվրոպա (hy) (Arevelyan Evropa)
• Basque: Ekialdeko Europa (eu)
• Belarusian: Усходняя Еўропа (be) (Usxódnjaja Jewrópa) f
• Bengali: পূর্ব ইউরোপ (bn)
• Bulgarian: Източна Европа (bg) (Iztočna Evropa) f
• Catalan: Europa de l'Est (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: trad. 東歐, simpl. 东欧 (dung au)

  Mandarin: 東歐 (cmn), 东欧 (cmn) (Dōng-Ōu)

• Chuvash: Хĕвелтухăç енчи Европа
• Czech: východní Evropa (cs) f
• Danish: Østeuropa (da) n
• Dutch: Oost-Europa (nl) n
• Estonian: Ida-Euroopa (et)
• Finnish: Itä-Eurooppa (fi)
• French: Europe de l'Est (fr) f
• Galician: Europa oriental (gl) f
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი ევროპა (ka) (ağmosavlet‘i evropa)
• German: Osteuropa (de) n
• Greek: Ανατολική Ευρώπη (el) (Anatolikí Evrópi) f
• Hebrew: מזרח אירופה (he) (mizrákh eirópah) f
• Hungarian: Kelet-Európa (hu)
• Icelandic: Austur-Evrópa (is)
• Indonesian: Eropa Timur (id)
• Italian: Europa orientale (it) f

• Japanese: 東欧 (ja) (tōō), 東ヨーロッパ (ja) (ひがしヨーロッパ, higashi yōroppa)
• Kannada: ಪೂರ್ವ ಯುರೋಪ್ (kn)
• Korean: 동유럽 (ko) (dong yureop)
• Lithuanian: Rytų Europa (lt)
• Macedonian: Источна Европа (mk) (Istočna Evropa) f
• Norman: Ûrope dé l'Êst
• Norwegian: Øst-Europa (no)

  Nynorsk: Aust-Europa (nn)

• Persian: اروپای شرقی (fa)
• Polish: Europa Wschodnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Leste Europeu (pt) f
• Romanian: Europa de Est (ro) f
• Russian: Восточная Европа (ru) (Vostóčnaja Jevrópa) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Источна Европа (sh) f, Источна Еуропа (sh) f

  Roman: Istočna Evropa (sh) f, Istočna Europa (sh) f

• Slovak: Východná Európa (sk) f
• Slovene: Vzhodna Evropa (sl) f
• Spanish: Europa Oriental (es) f
• Swahili: Ulaya ya Mashariki (sw)
• Swedish: Östeuropa (sv) c
• Thai: ยุโรปตะวันออก (th) (yóorôhp dtàwan òk)
• Turkish: Doğu Avrupa (tr)
• Ukrainian: Східна Європа (uk) (Sxídna Jevrópa) f
• Urdu: مشرقی یورپ (ur)
• Vietnamese: Đông Âu (vi)
• Wolof: Penku Tugal (wo)

See also

• Balkans
• Central Europe
• Northern Europe
• Southern Europe
• Western Europe