East Midland | the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English |
East Germanic East Germanic language | an extinct branch of the Germanic languages |
Turfan East Tocharian Turfan dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
East Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad |
East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
East Turkistan Islamic Movement East Turkestan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang, declared by China in to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
east | a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city |
East Orient | the countries of Asia |
Far East | a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia) |
East eastern United States | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
east side | the side that is on the east |
east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
East Africa | a geographical area in eastern Africa |
East Germany German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
East Timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in , voted for independence from Indonesia in and in May became an independent nation |
Middle East Mideast Near East | the area around the eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran, the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam, had continuous economic and political turmoil in the th century, the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization |
Malay Archipelago East Indies East India | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia |
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangla Desh East Pakistan | a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south, formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan, it achieved independence in |
British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
Anglia | the Latin name for England |
East Sussex | a county in southern England on the English Channel |
East Anglia | a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom |
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia Dutch East Indies | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than , islands, achieved independence from the Netherlands in , the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions |
East Malaysia | the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo |
East Coast | the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.) |
East Saint Louis | a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis |
East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
East China Sea | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia |
Sea of Japan East Sea | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan |
East Indian | a native or inhabitant of the East Indies |
East German | a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany |
East-sider | a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City |
east wind easter easterly | a wind from the east |
east African cedar Juniperus procera | tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood |
crape jasmine crepe jasmine crepe gardenia pinwheel flower East Indian rosebay Adam's apple Nero's crown coffee rose Tabernaemontana divaricate | tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas, northern India to Thailand |
banyan banyan tree banian banian tree Indian banyan East Indian fig tree Ficus bengalensis | East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks |
Indian blackwood East Indian rosewood East India rosewood Indian rosewood Dalbergia latifolia | East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood |
East India kino Malabar kino kino gum | reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc |
north by east NbE | the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north |
north northeast nor'-nor'-east NNE | the compass point that is midway between north and northeast |
northeast nor'-east northeastward NE | the compass point midway between north and east, at degrees |
northeast by east NEbE | the compass point that is one point east of northeast |
east northeast ENE | the compass point midway between northeast and east |
east by north EbN | the compass point that is one point north of due east |
east due east eastward E | the cardinal compass point that is atdegrees |
east by south EbS | the compass point that is one point south of due east |
east southeast ESE | the compass point midway between east and southeast |
southeast by east SEbE | the compass point that is one point east of southeast |
southeast sou'-east southeastward SE | the compass point midway between south and east, at degrees |