eastern

eastern
eastern O.E. easterne "of the east, from the east; oriental; of the Eastern Orthodox Church; of the eastern part of the globe," from EAST (Cf. east) + -erne, suffix denoting direction. Cf. O.S. ostroni, O.H.G. ostroni, O.N. austroenn. Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia so called from 1620s.

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