Far East

English

Far East

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Far East

2. (dated)A geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole.
3. Clipping of Russian Far East, a region in Russia.

Derived terms

• Far Eastern

Related terms

• Middle East
• Near East

Translations

East and Southeast Asia — see also East and Southeast Asia

• Afrikaans: Verre Ooste
• Albanian: Lindja e Largët
• Arabic: اَلشَّرْق اَلْأُقْصَى f (aš-šarq al-ʔuqṣā)
• Armenian: Հեռավոր Արեւելք (Heṙavor Arewelkʻ)
• Belarusian: Далёкі Усхо́д m (Daljóki Usxód)
• Bulgarian: Дале́чен И́зток m (Daléčen Íztok)
• Burmese: အရှေ့ဖျား ဒေသ (a.hre.hpya: desa.)
• Catalan: Orient Llunyà m, Extrem Orient m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠東 / 远东 (zh) (Yuǎndōng), 極東 / 极东 (zh) (Jídōng)

• Crimean Tatar: Uzaq Şarq
• Czech: Dálný východ m
• Danish: Fjernøsten c
• Dutch: Verre Oosten n
• Esperanto: Ekstrema Oriento, Fora Oriento
• Estonian: Kaug-Ida
• Faroese: Fjareystur n
• Finnish: Kaukoitä (fi)
• French: Extrême-Orient (fr) m
• Georgian: შორეული აღმოსავლეთი (šoreuli aɣmosavleti)
• German: Ferner Osten m
• Greek: Άπω Ανατολή (el) f (Ápo Anatolí)
• Hebrew: המזרח הרחוק
• Hindi: सुदूरपूर्व (hi) (sudūrpūrv)
• Hungarian: Távol-Kelet (hu)
• Indonesian: Timur Jauh (id)
• Irish: an Cianoirthear m
• Italian: Estremo Oriente (it) m
• Japanese: 極東 (ja) (きょくとう, Kyokutō)
• Kalmyk: Хол Дорд үзг (Xol Dord üzg)
• Kazakh: Қиыр Шығыс (Qiyr Şyğys)
• Khmer: ចុងបូព៌ា (chong boopie)
• Korean: 극동(極東) (ko) (Geukdong)
• Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກໄກ (tā wen ʼǭk kai)
• Macedonian: Далечен Исток m (Dalečen Istok)
• Malay: Timur Jauh
• Mongolian: Алс Дорнод (Als Dornod)
• Norwegian: Det fjerne østen (no)

  Nynorsk: Det fjerne Austen

• Persian: خاور دور (xâvar-e dur)
• Polish: Daleki Wschód (pl) m
• Portuguese: Extremo Oriente (pt) m
• Romanian: Extremul Orient n, Orientul Îndepărtat n
• Russian: Да́льний Восто́к (ru) m (Dálʹnij Vostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Далеки Исток m

  Latin: Daleki Istok m

• Slovak: Ďaleký východ m
• Slovene: Daljni vzhod m
• Spanish: Extremo Oriente (es) m
• Swedish: Fjärran Östern
• Tagalog: Malayong Silangan, (poetic) Silanganan
• Thai: ตะวันออกไกล (th) (dtàwan òk)
• Turkish: Uzak Doğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дале́кий Схід (uk) m (Dalékyj Sxid)
• Vietnamese: Viễn Đông (遠東)
• Welsh: y Dwyrain Pell m
• Yiddish: ווײַטן מיזרח (vaytn mizrekh)

region in Russia — see Russian Far East

See also

• Levant