east, eastern

Lowercase as a compass direction.

Other uses:

East Africa

East Asia (preferred to Far East, East)

Eastern Europe (political entity)

East European

Eastern Hemisphere, the hemisphere

Russia's Far East, Russian Far East

Eastern-bloc countries

Middle East, Mideast, Near East (see also Middle East)


United States:

back East

Down East, Down Easter (Maine context)

East (U.S. region)

East Coast (U.S. region)

East Coast home

east coast (non-U.S.)

Easterner (resident of U.S.)

Eastern Shore (in Maryland and Virginia)

eastern seaboard, eastern states