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eastern | American Dictionary

eastern
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈi·stərn/(abbreviationE.)
in or from the east part of an area:
Milwaukee is in the eastern part of Wisconsin.

Examples of eastern

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Numerous semi-public courtyards are also located along the southern, eastern and western walls of this palace.
The entrance to the shaft descended from the eastern edge of the retaining wall of the enclosure.
The eastern belt, the predominant industrial labour area, is the city of chimneys of the textile mills.
The eastern, southern, and western parts of the island should not be visited and should serve as refuge areas.
A delicate and multifaceted interplay between western and eastern cultural orientations continued, however, throughout.
During the year eastern winds prevail in the central and eastern parts of the foothills and the mountains.
Despite such persistent contact, the western herders never established political hegemony over their eastern neighbours during this long period.
The doctor told us we should then have one more trawl and then take the eastern run down which was good news to us all.
The southern sector is formed by the nor theastern arm of a long ridge extending from the eastern edge of the valley.
Historians of most other areas can only marvel at the wealth of primary and secondary material available for these eastern counties.
These high-status groups are associated with eastern buildings (or temples in a few cases) that contain tombs with painted linear decoration and texts.
A mountain range divides the population into western and eastern sides.
One primary school in the eastern region refused to participate in the study.
Throughout the capitals and entablature blocks, highly polished surfaces in the western bays contrast with rough, chiselled surfaces in the eastern bays [11-22].
He traveled widely in both the eastern and western part of the province while working there.
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