| 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 |
formerly, a European country between West Germany and Poland, in 1990 reunited with West Germany; German Democratic Republic. |
| East India Company |
see "British East India Company." [2 definitions] |
| East Indies |
the Malay Archipelago, esp. Indonesia; East India. |
| East Timor |
a country in Southeast Asia that consists mainly of the eastern part of the island of Timor, which it shares with the nation of Indonesia. |
| 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 from Libya and eastward to Afghanistan. (Cf. Far East, Near East.) |
| 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. |