(now chiefly historical) East of the river Elbe, as an area of German or Germanic activity; pertaining to the informal East Elbia region of the German Empire.

(historical) That region of Germany lying to the east of the Elbe, comprising Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Prussia, marked by serfdom, political conservatism and Protestantism.

(historical) The eastern part of Bengal before it split from India, today as Bangladesh.

Synonym of Xinjiang.

The portion of Jerusalem controlled by Jordan between 1948 and 1967.

A former province and later a state in India from 1947 to 1966, reorganized to form the new states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.

A native or resident of East Jerusalem.

Of, from, or pertaining to East Jerusalem.

plural of East Indiaman

(historical) Any ship operating under charter or licence to one of the East India Companies, which were each granted monopoly trading rights with the East Indies by one of several of the major trading powers of the 17th—19th centuries.