Proper noun

1. (personification) The wind from the east.
   • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

     and I sat down and wrote, In such a hand as when a field of corn Bows all its ears before the roaring East

   • 1859: Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     uneasy rushes of wind went through the hall [...] East, West, North, and South, through the woods, four heavy-treading, unkempt figures crushed the high grass and cracked the branches

Proper noun

1. The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from India or China.
   • 1868: Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

     I remember a hearty welcome; a prodigious supper, which would have fed a whole village in the East

2. The Eastern bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
3. The eastern states of the United States.
4. The eastern part of any region.

See also

• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Hinduism
• Shintoism
• Sikhism
• Taoism / Daoism