east

Summary

east is a cardinal direction^[1]. east has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 River^[40], a strait^[41], in United States^[42]; Kwantung Leased Territory^[43], a first-level administrative division^[44], in Empire of Japan^[45], founded in 1905^[46]; East Bay^[47], a geographical feature^[48], in United States^[49]; Eastern Theater of the American Civil War^[50], a war^[51]; and Ciudad del Este^[52], a municipality of Paraguay^[53], in Paraguay^[54], founded in 1957^[55].

Why It Matters

east has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] east is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[56]

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 River^[40], a strait^[41], in United States^[42]; Kwantung Leased Territory^[43], a first-level administrative division^[44], in Empire of Japan^[45], founded in 1905^[46]; and East Bay^[47], a geographical feature^[48], in United States^[49].