East

Noun

 * 1) One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.

Coordinate terms

 * north, south, west

Adjective

 * 1) Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
 * 2)  wind from the east
 * 3) Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
 * 4) From the East; oriental.

Synonyms

 * eastward
 * easterly
 * eastern
 * oriental

Antonyms

 * westward
 * westerly
 * western

Adverb

 * 1) towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

 * eastwards

Antonyms

 * west. westwards

Adjectives for East
middle; far; near.

Thesaurus 1
Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East Coast, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle Atlantic, Middle East, Middle West, Near East, New England, New World, North, North Central region, Northeast, Northwest, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Western Hemisphere, Yankeeland, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, northland, the Coast, the old country, westland, wild West

Thesaurus 2
E, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, eastabout, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, eastwardly, eastwards, half points, hyperborean, lubber line, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northward, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occident, occidental, orient, oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westward

Etymology
From east:.

Derived terms
east by north; east by south; easterliness; easterly; eastern; easterner; easting; eastward; eastwardly; eastwards; northeast; north-northeast; southeast; south-southeast.

Noun

 * Arabic: (šarq),  (ittijāh aš-šarq)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܡܕܢܚܐ (madnkhā, madnkho)
 * Hebrew: מדנחא (madnkhā, madnkho)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Azeri: şərq
 * Bashkir: ,
 * Basque: sortalde, eguzkialde, ekialde
 * Belarusian: усход, uschod
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: reter
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: အရှေ့
 * Catalan: est
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese: 東, 东
 * Mandarin: (dōng)
 * Corsican: estu
 * Crimean Tatar: şarq, kündoğuş
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, eosto
 * Estonian:, idakaar
 * Faroese: eystur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: leste
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (anatolí)
 * Ancient Greek: ἀνατολή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: esto
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: est, oriente
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 東 (ひがし, higashi)
 * Javanese: wetan
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Kazakh: шығыс, күншығыс
 * Khakas:
 * Khmer: ទិសខាងកើត
 * Korean: 동 (東, dong), (nautical) 새 (sae)
 * Koryak:
 * Kumyk:
 * Kurdish: rojhilat,
 * Kyrgyz: чығыш, күн чығыш
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: austrumi
 * Lingala: monyɛlɛ


 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കിഴക്ക് (kizhakku)
 * Maltese:
 * Manchu: (dergi)
 * Maori: rawhiti
 * Mongolian: зүүн, дорно
 * Navajo:
 * Norman: Êt
 * Norwegian:, aust
 * Nynorsk: aust
 * Occitan: èst
 * Ojibwe: waabano, waabang
 * Okinawan: 東 (アガリ, agari)
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Persian: (mashregh), ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: intichay
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ost, oriaint
 * Russian: восток (vostók), ост (ost)
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: исток
 * Roman: istok
 * Shor: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шарқ
 * Tamil: கிழக்கு
 * Tatar: könçığış, şäreq
 * Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu)
 * Thai: (tít dtàwan òk)
 * Turkish: doğu, şark
 * Turkmen:
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian: схід (sxid)
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek: sharq
 * Vietnamese: Hướng Đông
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: easten
 * !Xóõ: ǂa̰ã
 * Yakut:
 * Yiddish:
 * Yolngu: dhimurru

Adjective

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: itä-, itäinen
 * French: à l'est, de l'est
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: lejn il-lvant


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ao leste, oriental
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovak: východný
 * Swedish: ost-, öst-, östra
 * Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu)
 * Turkish: doğu
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: eystan-
 * Finnish:
 * French: d'est
 * Italian: di levante
 * Macedonian: источен


 * Maltese: mil-lvant
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: do leste.
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: východný
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: dwyreiniol


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: itä-, itäinen
 * French: d'est, de l'est
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: источен, источна,
 * Maltese: tal-lvant


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovak: východný
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: dwyreiniol
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: itäinen, orientaalinen, orientaali-
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian: da est
 * Macedonian: источен, источна,


 * Maltese: mil-lvant
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: österländsk, orientalisk
 * Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu)
 * Turkish: doğudan
 * Welsh: o'r dwyrain

Adverb

 * Czech: východně, na východ, k východu, východním směrem
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: itään päin, itää kohti
 * French: vers l'est
 * Italian: a est, verso est
 * Polish: na wschód, ku wschodowi
 * Portuguese: a leste, para o leste, em direção a|ao leste


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: na východ
 * Swedish: ostvart, österut
 * Taos: tə́ybu
 * Telugu: తూర్పుగా (toorpugaa)
 * Welsh: tua'r dwyrain
 * West Frisian:


 * : sortialdeko, ekialdeko
 * : idapoolne, ida-, Ida-


 * : del est, oriental
 * : oriental, (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.

Anagrams

 * AEST, eats, etas, sate, saté, SEAT, seat, seta, tase, teas

Etymology
From from. Cognate with Old Frisian āst:, Old Saxon ost:, Dutch oost:, Old High German ost:, German Osten:, Old Norse austr: The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster:, Latvian austrumi:,.

Noun

 * 1) the east

Adjective

 * 1) eastern, easterly

Adverb

 * 1) from the east
 * 2) towards the east

Noun

 * 1) east

Adjective

 * 1) east, eastern, easterly