eastern
Toward the sunrise
Eastern describes location or direction toward the east—where the sun rises.
An eastern exposure faces that direction; the eastern states lie on the Atlantic coast.
Capitalized, Eastern often refers to Asia or Asian culture (Eastern philosophy, Eastern medicine) or to the Orthodox churches of Christianity.
During the Cold War, Eastern bloc meant Soviet-aligned nations.
Morning light's arrival
- orientAlign to surroundings
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- seaboardCoastal region boundary
- coastLand beside the ocean
bloc · front · flank · sector · quadrant · bound · facing · trending
Largest continental landmass
- OrientEastern regions collectively
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
sunrise · Pacific · Eurasia · Indo-Pacific · Levant · subcontinent · archipelago · steppes
Profound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
yoga · meditation · dharma · reincarnation · mandala · guru · qi · prana
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
- kimonoWraparound Japanese garment
silk · Confucianism · Taoism · Zen · feng shui · yin yang · haiku · origami
Historic transcontinental trade network
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- GangesIndia's holiest river
- Indus ValleyAncient South Asian river culture
- Terracotta ArmyTomb sculpture battalion
Great Wall · Marco Polo · Mughal · Ottoman · Byzantine · Mesopotamia · spice trade · caravan
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
coast · bloc · front · flank · sector · quadrant · bound · facing · trending · leaning
Asia
Largest continental landmass
- OrientEastern regions collectively
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
meridian · sunrise · Pacific · Eurasia · Indo-Pacific · Levant · subcontinent · archipelago · steppes · tundra
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
mantra · yoga · meditation · dharma · reincarnation · mandala · guru · qi · prana · ashram
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
kimono · silk · Confucianism · Taoism · Zen · feng shui · yin yang · haiku · origami · pagoda
Silk Road
Historic transcontinental trade network
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- GangesIndia's holiest river
- Indus ValleyAncient South Asian river culture
Terracotta Army · Great Wall · Marco Polo · Mughal · Ottoman · Byzantine · Mesopotamia · spice trade · caravan · empire
- EastOrient, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, Asia
- place adjectivescoastal, suburban, urban, rural, northern
- place descriptorsregional, local, remote, national, isolated
- spatial adjectivesupper, lower, inner, outer, front
- civilizationsancient, medieval, modern, tribal, feudal
- directionsnorth, south, west, left, right
easternwestern
Of the sunset side
west · westerly · westward · westernmost · occidental
easternwestern
Of the sunset side
occidental · Euro-American · Eurocentric · Atlantic · transatlantic
- Eastern BlocUSSR-aligned European nations
- Eastern EuropeContinental region, former Soviet sphere
- Middle EasternFrom Western Asia's cultural region
- Eastern EuropeanFrom that continental region
- eastern australia
- Eastern TimeUS Atlantic coast zone
easterly, easternmost, easterner, easterners, northeasterner