Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Eastern means in or from the east of a region, state, or country.
...Eastern Europe.
...France’s ~ border with Germany.
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2.
Eastern means coming from or associated with the people or countries of the East, such as India, China, or Japan.
In many Eastern countries massage was and is a part of everyday life.
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see also Middle Eastern