East Definition
- snowbelt
- rust belt
- older sections of the country
- the Southeast
- the Northeast
- land east of the Mississippi
- land east of the Appalachians
- land east of the Alleghenies
- east coast
- the Atlantic seaboard
- the Eastern seaboard
- the eastern states
- Mongolia; for countries in the East
- siberia
- mesopotamia
(personification) The wind from the east.
The eastern states of the United States.
The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from India or China.
The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
(historical) The Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.
- oriental
- gerontogeous
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to East
- the East
Origin of East
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From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austą, from Proto-Indo-European *aus-. Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian aust.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English est from Old English ēast aus- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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