eastern
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- (UK) IPA: /ˈiːstə(r)n/ SAMPA: /"i:st@(r)n/
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- Rhymes: -iːstə(r)n
[edit] Adjective
eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)
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- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
- 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,
- (of a wind) blowing from the east; easterly
- (loosely) oriental
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[edit] Translations
related to the east
wind from the east