Adjective

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)

Positive eastern

Comparative more eastern

Superlative most eastern

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

2. (of a wind) blowing from the east; easterly
3. (loosely) oriental

Derived terms

• easternmost

Eastern may refer to:

In transportation:

• Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline
• Eastern Airways, an England airline
• Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts), a defunct railroad
• Eastern Avenue, various roads
• Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia
• Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn), New York, United States

In education:

• Eastern College (disambiguation)
• Eastern University (disambiguation)

Other uses:

• Eastern AA, a football (soccer) team in Hong Kong
• Eastern District, Hong Kong
• Eastern Television, a cable TV network in Taiwan
• Eastern Daily Press, a regional newspaper published in Norwich, England
• Eastern Electricity, a defunct supply and distribution utility in England
• 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, part of the British army in the First and Second World Wars
• Ostern (German for "Eastern"), or "Red Western", Soviet and Eastern bloc countries' version of Western movies