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eastern

'i:stәn5 senses · 98 ms
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adj/ˈiː.stən//ˈi.stɚn/
  1. 1

    Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
    • The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
  2. 2

    Blowing from the east; easterly.

  3. 3

    Oriental.broadly

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