eastern

[US]/'iːst(ə)n/
[UK]/'istɚn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to the east; facing or situated in the east; of the eastern part of the world
n. a person from the east; a person from the eastern region of the United States

Phrases & Collocations

Eastern Asia

Eastern Europe

Eastern culture

Eastern hemisphere

eastern china

china eastern

middle eastern

eastern airlines

eastern orthodox

eastern shore

eastern orthodox church

eastern church

eastern time

orthodox eastern church

Example Sentences

middle and eastern Europe.

the eastern wall of the valley.

the eastern coastline of China

the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean.

the scablands of eastern Washington.

the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome.

a serious effort at détente with the Eastern bloc.

the eastern slopes of the mountain.

Buddhism is no longer seen as an Eastern religion.

a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia.

exhibits include European and Eastern needlework.

it might be impractical to replicate Eastern culture in the west.

the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Their support on the eastern flank did not materialize.

common towhee of eastern North America.

Slivovitz is a potent, eastern European plum brandy.

Real-world Examples

The eastern coast of Florida is soggy.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

That is the eastern village where the diamond was found.

Source: VOA Special October 2017 Collection

My mom is a Jew from Libya and my dad is Ashkenazi from Eastern Europe.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Moscow has denied any involvement in eastern Ukraine.

Source: CRI Online July 2014 Collection

And the Middle Eastern nation is responding with defiance.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation November 2018

The subject - the Middle Eastern country of Iran.

Source: CNN Listening July 2019 Collection

Wildfires in eastern Canada were the source.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

Bahia is a state in eastern Brazil.

Source: CNN Selected December 2015 Collection

Parts of the eastern mainland are unrecognizable.

Source: CNN Selected Highlights September 2015 Collection

The migrants are mostly from eastern Africa.

Source: AP Listening Collection July 2015

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