eastside

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noun

The east side of a district or city.

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eastside1

nouneastside (plural eastsides)

plural eastsides · alternative east side · alternative Eastside

  1. USThe east side of a district or city.

    I guess many of us were burdened by an inferiority complex because we were from the eastside.

    2014, Bob Williams, The Eastside of Town
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    The eastside was an area fit for Mule because of his harsh no-nonsense approach to doing business.

    2004, Richard Paloma, The Beach Club, page 26

    The no-harvest portion of RMZs of 50 feet (westside) or 30 feet (eastside) would result in full protection (equivalent buffer area indexes of 100 percent) of sediment filtration for fish-bearing streams on the west and eastsides.

    2005, Proposed Issuance of Multiple Species Incidental Take Permits Or 4(d) Rules Covering the Washington State Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan

Eastside2

proper noun
  1. An area east of the city centre of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0786).
  2. A settlement on the east side of South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND4691).
  3. A loosely defined area on the east side of the River Tawe, Swansea, Wales, stretching north from St Thomas.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A group of neighborhoods east of the Los Angeles River in the City of Los Angeles, California.
    2. A neighbourhood on the far east side of Atlanta, Georgia.
    3. A neighbourhood in south-eastern Lexington, Kentucky.
    4. The collective suburbs of Seattle on the east side of Lake Washington, Washington State.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan

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Origin

Eastside · proper noun

From east + side.

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APA

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

MLA

“eastside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eastside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eastside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eastside.

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