| British East India Company |
a British company that carried on trade with the East Indies from 1600 to 1874 under the sanction of a royal government charter. |
| Down East |
(sometimes l.c.) New England, esp. the state of Maine. |
| East Berlin |
formerly, the capital of East Germany. |
| East China Sea |
an extension of the North Pacific between China, Korea, and Japan. |
| East Coast |
the easternmost part of the United States, consisting of the states along the Atlantic coast, often esp. the region stretching from Maine to Washington D.C. |
| East Germany |
a country in north central Europe from 1949 until 1990. East Germany and West Germany are now one country again, officially called the Federal Republic of Germany. East Germany was also called the German Democratic Republic. |
| East India Company |
see "British East India Company." [2 definitions] |
| East Indies |
a group of islands southeast of Asia that includes Indonesia; East India. |
| East Timor |
a country in Southeast Asia that consists mainly of the eastern part of the island of Timor. It shares this island with the country of Indonesia. The capital of East Timor is Dili. |
| east-northeast |
a point on the compass halfway between east and northeast. [2 definitions] |
| east-southeast |
a point on the compass halfway between east and southeast. [2 definitions] |
| Far East |
a region that includes East, Southeast, and South Asia. |
| Middle East |
the region along the southeastern and eastern border of the Mediterranean Sea, from Libya in North Africa to Afghanistan in Asia. |
| Near East |
the countries near or bordering the extreme eastern end of the Mediterranean, including those of southwestern Asia, northeastern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. |