east

one of the four cardinal directions
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east

Summary

east is a cardinal direction[1]. east draws 8,413 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • east's instance of is recorded as cardinal direction[3].
  • east's instance of is recorded as points of the compass[4].
  • east's Commons category is recorded as East[5].
  • east is the opposite of west[6].
  • east is the opposite of north[7].
  • east is the opposite of south[8].
  • east's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East[9].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[15].
  • east's category of associated people is recorded as Q6825338[16].
  • east's different from is recorded as East[17].
  • east's different from is recorded as EST[18].
  • east's different from is recorded as Este[19].
  • east's different from is recorded as Osten[20].
  • east's different from is recorded as OOS[21].
  • east's different from is recorded as východ[22].
  • east's different from is recorded as Anatoli[23].
  • east's different from is recorded as Ida[24].
  • east's different from is recorded as Timur[25].
  • east's different from is recorded as 東[26].
  • east's different from is recorded as Oost[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cardinal direction[3] and points of the compass[4]. Recorded opposite of include west[6], north[7], and south[8].

Influence

Things named for east include Austria[28], a sovereign state[29], in Austria[30], founded in 1918[31]; Tokyo[32], a metropolitan prefecture[33], in Japan[34], founded in 1868[35], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[36]; Baltic Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Sweden[39]; East Wing[40], a wing[41], in United States[42], founded in 1902[43]; East River[44], a strait[45], in United States[46]; Tobu Railway[47], a major railway company[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1897[50], headquartered in Oshiage[51]; Kwantung Leased Territory[52], a first-level administrative division[53], in Empire of Japan[54], founded in 1905[55]; and Ciudad del Este[56].

Why It Matters

east draws 8,413 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] east has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] east is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for east include Austria[28], a sovereign state[29], in Austria[30], founded in 1918[31]; Tokyo[32], a metropolitan prefecture[33], in Japan[34], founded in 1868[35], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[36]; Baltic Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Sweden[39]; East Wing[40], a wing[41], in United States[42], founded in 1902[43]; East River[44], a strait[45], in United States[46]; and Tobu Railway[47], a major railway company[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1897[50], headquartered in Oshiage[51].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → east
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: east, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932866|east (#289932866)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4524
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C4524, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 7w ago · FitikWasTaken · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5397
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv-cyrl, isv-latn */"
  4. 21w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → cardinal direction, points of the compass
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +3
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sn, sq */ Add 2 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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