East

East
noun
1 the East:
a) the countries in Asia, especially China and Japan: The martial arts originated in the East.
b) the countries in the eastern part of Europe, especially the ones that had Communist governments: American relations with the East were at their worst in the late 1950s.
c) AmE the part of the US east of the Mississippi River, especially the states north of Washington DC: She was born in the East but now lives in Atlanta. | back East: He was born in Minneapolis but he went to college back East.
2 East-West relations/trade etc political relations etc between countries in eastern Europe and those in Europe and North America
—compare Far East, Middle East, Near East

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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