easternmost

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adjective

Farthest east.

“Cyprus is currently the easternmost country in the European Union.”

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Meanings

adjectiveeasternmost (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFarthest east.

    Cyprus is currently the easternmost country in the European Union.

    1 more example

    On the easternmost edge of Western Australia, where it borders South Australia, the official time in the tiny town of Eucla is 45 minutes ahead of the rest of Western Australia (WA) and 45 minutes behind Southern^([sic]) Australia (SA).

    2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68

    Synonyms: eastmost

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFarthest east.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefarthest to the east

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englisheastern
  2. Middle English[Term?]influ.
  3. Englisheasternmost

From eastern + -most.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian най-източен
  • най-източен (naj-iztočen)farthest east
Czech nejvýchodnější
  • nejvýchodnějšífarthest east
Danish østligste
  • østligstefarthest east
Dutch oostelijkst
  • oostelijkstfarthest east
German östlichster
  • östlichsterfarthest east
Hungarian legkeletibb
  • legkeletibbfarthest east
Italian più a est
  • più a estfarthest east
Norwegian Bokmål østligst, østligste
  • østligstfarthest east
  • østligstefarthest east
Russian са́мый восто́чный, восто́чнейший
  • са́мый восто́чный (sámyj vostóčnyj)farthest east
  • восто́чнейший (vostóčnejšij)farthest east
Slovak najvýchodnejší
  • najvýchodnejšífarthest east
Swedish östligaste
  • östligastefarthest east
Ukrainian найсхі́дніший
  • найсхі́дніший (najsxídnišyj)farthest east
Cite this entry
APA

easternmost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easternmost

MLA

“easternmost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easternmost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “easternmost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easternmost.

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