eastern
See also: Eastern
English
Etymology
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”).
Morphologically east + -ern.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.stən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈi.stɚn/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)n
Adjective
eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)
- 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.
- 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, 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
- 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.
Derived terms
- eastern banjo frog
- eastern buzzard
- eastern columbine
- eastern coneflower
- eastern crevice skink
- eastern curlew
- 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 spotted skunk
- eastern tarantula
- eastern tent caterpillar
- eastern water dragon
- eastern white pine
- eastern wolf
- eastern yellow wagtail
- north-eastern
- south-eastern
Translations
blowing from the east
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See also
- northern
- southern
- western
- northeastern
- southeastern
- southwestern
- northwestern
Anagrams
- Earnest, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane