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east
East is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. East is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of west and is perpendicular to north and south.
==Etymology==
The word ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic
*''aus-to-'' or
*''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European
*aus- "to shine," or "dawn".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=east&allowed_in_frame=0 )〕 This is similar to Old High German ''
*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' "dawn", and Greek ''ēōs'' or ''heōs''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/east )〕 ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both dawn and the cardinal points.
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