east

one of the four cardinal directions
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east

Summary

east is a cardinal direction[1]. east draws 401 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • east's instance of is recorded as cardinal direction[3].
  • east's instance of is recorded as points of the compass[4].
  • east's Commons category is recorded as East[5].
  • east is the opposite of west[6].
  • east is the opposite of north[7].
  • east is the opposite of south[8].
  • east's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East[9].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • east's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[15].
  • east's category of associated people is recorded as Q6825338[16].
  • east's different from is recorded as East[17].
  • east's different from is recorded as EST[18].
  • east's different from is recorded as Este[19].
  • east's different from is recorded as Osten[20].
  • east's different from is recorded as OOS[21].
  • east's different from is recorded as východ[22].
  • east's different from is recorded as Anatoli[23].
  • east's different from is recorded as Ida[24].
  • east's different from is recorded as Timur[25].
  • east's different from is recorded as 東[26].
  • east's different from is recorded as Oost[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cardinal direction[3] and points of the compass[4]. Recorded opposite of include west[6], north[7], and south[8].

Influence

Things named for east include Austria[28], a sovereign state[29], in Austria[30], founded in 1918[31]; Tokyo[32], a metropolitan prefecture[33], in Japan[34], founded in 1868[35], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[36]; Baltic Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Sweden[39]; East Wing[40], a wing[41], in United States[42], founded in 1902[43]; East River[44], a strait[45], in United States[46]; Kwantung Leased Territory[47], a first-level administrative division[48], in Empire of Japan[49], founded in 1905[50]; Eastern Theater of the American Civil War[51], a war[52]; and East Bay[53], a geographical feature[54], in United States[55].

Why It Matters

east draws 401 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] east has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] east is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for east include Austria[28], a sovereign state[29], in Austria[30], founded in 1918[31]; Tokyo[32], a metropolitan prefecture[33], in Japan[34], founded in 1868[35], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[36]; Baltic Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Sweden[39]; East Wing[40], a wing[41], in United States[42], founded in 1902[43]; East River[44], a strait[45], in United States[46]; and Kwantung Leased Territory[47], a first-level administrative division[48], in Empire of Japan[49], founded in 1905[50].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [51] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [53] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [54] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +3
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