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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
- Synonym: (poetic) eoan
- 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.
- 2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College[1], volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393:
- The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.196
- (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
- (loosely) Oriental.
Derived terms
[edit]- eastern baccharis
- eastern banjo frog
- eastern bearded dragon
- Eastern Bloc
- Eastern Bontok
- eastern buzzard
- eastern columbine
- eastern coneflower
- eastern cottonwood
- eastern crevice skink
- eastern crown
- eastern curlew
- Eastern Desert
- eastern equine encephalitis
- eastern gorilla
- eastern gray squirrel
- eastern green drake
- eastern grey kangaroo
- eastern hemisphere
- eastern hemlock
- eastern imperial eagle
- eastern jackrabbit
- eastern kingsnake
- easternmost
- Eastern Norway
- eastern olivaceous warbler
- eastern Orphean warbler
- eastern poison ivy
- eastern ratsnake
- eastern redbud
- eastern red cedar
- eastern rosella
- Eastern Rumelia
- eastern spotted skunk
- eastern tarantula
- eastern tent caterpillar
- eastern water dragon
- eastern white pine
- eastern wolf
- eastern wood pewee
- eastern yellow robin
- eastern yellow wagtail
- north-eastern
- south-eastern
Translations
[edit]blowing from the east
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