eastern

adj.

1. Situated in, toward, or facing the east.
2. Coming from the east: eastern breezes.
3. Native to or growing in the east.
4. often Eastern Of, relating to, or characteristic of eastern regions or the East.
5. Eastern
   1. Of or relating to the Eastern Church.
   2. Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

[Middle English estern, from Old English ēasterne.]

easternness east'ern·ness' n.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Relating to or characteristic of regions of certain parts of the world; Of or characteristic of certain regions of the United States adj. - Away from the west; Lying away from the west.

The sun rises in the eastern sky.

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: lying toward or situated in the east

Meaning #2: of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
  Antonym: western (meaning #3)

Meaning #3: lying in or toward the east
  Synonym: easterly

Meaning #4: relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
  Antonym: western (meaning #1)

Meaning #5: from the east; used especially of winds
  Synonym: easterly

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - østlig, mod øst, i østlig retning, østvendt, østerlandsk, orientalsk

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    Østblokken
• Eastern bloc country    øststat

Nederlands (Dutch)
oosters, oostelijk

Français (French)
adj. - oriental, de l'est, est, d'orient

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    bloc de l'Est
• Eastern bloc country    pays du bloc de l'Est

Deutsch (German)
adj. - östlich

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    Ostblock
• Eastern bloc country    Ostblockland

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανατολίτικος, ανατολικός

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    ανατολικός συνασπισμός, ανατολικό μπλοκ
• Eastern bloc country    χώρα του ανατολικού μπλοκ

Italiano (Italian)
orientale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - oriental, do leste

Русский (Russian)
восточный, православный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - oriental, del este

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    bloque oriental
• Eastern bloc country    país del bloque oriental

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - östlig, östra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
东方的, 自东的, 向东的

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    东方集团
• Eastern bloc country    东方国家的政治组织, 东方集团

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 東方的, 自東的, 向東的

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    東方集團
• Eastern bloc country    東方國家的政治組織, 東方集團

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 동쪽을 향한, 동쪽의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 東の, 東から吹く, 東洋の, 東部地方の, 東部方言の, 東方教会の, 東方正教会の, 東方の, 東向きの
n. - 東洋人, 東方教会信徒

idioms:

• Eastern bloc    東方連合
• Eastern bloc country    東方連合国

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شرقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזרחי, תושב המזרח‬

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