Eastern Province

proper noun

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.

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Eastern Region
OriginSinhalese නැගෙනහිර පළාත ← Tamil கிழக்கு மாகாணம் →
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Meanings

Eastern Province1

proper nounEastern Province or the Eastern Province
  1. A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.

Eastern Province2

proper nounEastern Province or the Eastern Province
  1. A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Dammam.

    "I was shocked to see girls this young wearing the cloak," says the author, who encountered this group of schoolgirls near Qatif oasis in the Eastern Province.

    1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 438

    Synonyms: Eastern Region

Eastern Province3

proper nounEastern Province or the Eastern Province
  1. A province of Zambia. Capital: Chipata.
  2. A province of Sierra Leone. Capital: Kenema.

Eastern Province4

proper nounEastern Province or the Eastern Province
  1. A former province of Kenya. Capital: Embu

Eastern Province5

proper nounEastern Province or the Eastern Province
  1. A province of Rwanda. Capital: Rwamagana

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Dammam.

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Eastern Region

Origin

Eastern Province · proper noun

  1. Tamilகிழக்கு மாகாணம்
  2. Sinhaleseනැගෙනහිර පළාත
  3. EnglishEastern Province

A calque of either Sinhalese නැගෙනහිර පළාත (nægenahira paḷāta) or Tamil கிழக்கு மாகாணம் (kiḻakku mākāṇam).

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Eastern Province · proper noun

  1. Arabicالْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّة
  2. EnglishEastern Province

Calque of Arabic الْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّة (al-minṭaqa(t) aš-šarqiyya).

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Eastern Province · proper noun

From eastern + province.

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Eastern Province · proper noun

  1. SwahiliMkoa wa Mashariki
  2. EnglishEastern Province

Calque of Swahili Mkoa wa Mashariki.

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Translations

Arabic الْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّة, الشَرْقِيَّة
  • الْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّةprovince of Saudi Arabia
  • الشَرْقِيَّة (aš-šarqiyya)province of Saudi Arabia
Dutch Oostelijke Provincie
  • Oostelijke Provincieprovince of Rwanda
French Province de l'Est
  • Province de l'Estprovince of Rwanda
Swahili Mkoa wa Mashariki
  • Mkoa wa Masharikiformer province of Kenya
Tamil கிழக்கு மாகாணம்
  • கிழக்கு மாகாணம் (kiḻakku mākāṇam)province of Sri Lanka
Cite this entry
APA

Eastern Province. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Province

MLA

“Eastern Province.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Province. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eastern Province,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Province.

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