East 61028 223018355 2008-07-02T05:30:24Z Livitup 381429 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/74.71.62.50|74.71.62.50]] to last version by 206.195.19.59 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) [[Image:Compass Rose English East.svg|thumb|250px|right|A [[compass rose]] <!-- Highlighting of east is nearly imperceptable -->]] {{otheruses}} '''East''' is a [[Direction (geometry, geography)|direction]] in [[geography]]. It is one of the four [[cardinal direction]]s or [[compass]] points, opposite of [[west]] and at [[right angle]]s to [[north]] and [[south]]. East is the direction toward which the [[Earth]] rotates about its [[Axis of rotation|axis]], and therefore the general direction from which the [[Sun]] appears to rise. The etymology of ''east'' is from a [[Proto-Indo-European language]] word for [[dawn]], ''[[Hausos|*hausos]]''. ''Cf.'' [[Latin]] ''aurora'' and [[Greek language|Greek]] ''eōs''. ''[[Eostre]]'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both dawn and the cardinal point. By [[Norm (sociology)|convention]], an ordinary terrestrial [[map]] is oriented so the right side is east. This convention dates from the [[Renaissance]]. Many [[medieval]] maps were oriented with [[the Orient]] (the East) east at the top, which is the source of the verb ''[[Wiktionary:orient|orient]].'' {{wiktionary}} {{CandODirections}} [[Category:Orientation]] [[als:Osten]] [[ar:شرق]] [[az:Şərq]] [[bs:Istok (strana svijeta)]] [[br:Reter]] [[bg:Изток]] [[ca:Est]] [[cs:Východ]] [[co:Estu]] [[de:Osten]] [[et:Ida]] [[el:Ανατολή]] [[es:Este]] [[eo:Oriento]] [[eu:Ekialde (geografikoa)]] [[fa:خاور]] [[fr:Est]] [[gl:Leste]] [[zh-classical:東]] [[ko:동쪽]] [[id:Timur]] [[is:Austur]] [[it:Est]] [[he:מזרח]] [[ku:Rojhilat]] [[lt:Rytai]] [[ln:Monyɛlɛ]] [[lmo:Est]] [[nl:Oost]] [[ne:पूर्व]] [[ja:東]] [[no:Øst]] [[nn:Aust]] [[nrm:Êt]] [[oc:Èst]] [[pl:Wschód]] [[pt:Leste]] [[ro:Est]] [[qu:Anti]] [[ru:Восток]] [[simple:East]] [[sk:Východ (svetová strana)]] [[cu:Въстокъ]] [[sl:Vzhod]] [[sr:Исток]] [[sh:Istok]] [[fi:Itä]] [[sv:Öster]] [[ta:கிழக்கு]] [[th:ทิศตะวันออก]] [[vi:Hướng Đông]] [[tr:Doğu]] [[uk:Схід]] [[vec:Est]] [[wa:Levant (costé del Daegne)]] [[yi:מיזרח]] [[zh-yue:東]] [[bat-smg:Rītā]] [[zh:東]]