- Eastern(abbreviation E)[only before noun] located in the east or facing east
- eastern Spain
- Eastern Europe
- the eastern slopes of the mountain
- the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar
- There has been flooding in eastern parts of the city.
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- usually Easternconnected with the part of the world that is to the east of Europe
- Eastern culture/cookery
Word OriginOld English ēasterne (as east, -ern).
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