eastern

See also: Eastern

English

Etymology

From Middle English esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *austero- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). More at east.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːstə(ɹ)n/

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• Rhymes: -iːstə(r)n

Adjective

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)

1. 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.

2. (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
3. (loosely) Oriental.

Derived terms

• easternmost

Translations

related to the east

• Albanian: lindor (sq)
• Arabic: شَرْقِيّ‏‎ (šarqiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: شرقي‏‎ m (shrʔi), شرقية‏‎ f (shrʔiya), شرقيين‏‎ pl (shrʔiyin)

• Armenian: արևելյան (arewelyan)
• Belarusian: усхо́дні m (usxódni), ўсхо́дні m (ŭsxódni)
• Bulgarian: източен (bg) (íztočen)
• Catalan: oriental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東方的 (zh), 东方的 (zh) (dōngfāng de)

• Czech: východní (cs)
• Dutch: oostelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: orienta
• Estonian: idamaine
• Finnish: itäinen (fi), itä- (fi)
• French: oriental (fr)
• German: östlich (de)
• Italian: orientale (it)
• Japanese: 東の (ja) (ひがしの, higashi no), 東方の (ja) (とうほうの, tōhō no)

• Latin: orientalis (la) m, f, orientale n
• Macedonian: источен (ístočеn)
• Persian: شرقی‏‎ (fa) (šarqi)
• Polish: wschodni (pl)
• Portuguese: oriental (pt), do leste
• Romanian: estic (ro) m, n, oriental (ro) m, n, de est, răsăritean (ro) m
• Russian: восто́чный (ru) (vostóčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sear, an ear
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: источни

  Roman: istočni (sh)

• Slovak: východný (sk)
• Slovene: vzhoden
• Spanish: oriental (es)
• Swedish: östra (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: східний (uk) (sxídnyj)

blowing from the east

• Armenian: արևելյան (arewelyan)
• Bulgarian: източен (bg) (íztočen)
• Catalan: llevant (ca)
• Czech: východní (cs)
• Finnish: itäinen (fi), itä- (fi)

• Korean: 동풍 (ko) (dongpung)
• Polish: wschodni (pl) m
• Portuguese: leste (pt)
• Russian: восто́чный (ru) (vostóčnyj)
• Swedish: ostlig (sv)

See also

• northern
• southern
• western
• northeastern
• southeastern
• southwestern
• northwestern

Anagrams

• Earnest, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane