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    • East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. See more

    Etymology

    As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: east comes from
    East … See more

    Navigation

    By convention, the right-hand side of a map is east. This convention has developed from the use of a compass, which places north at the top. However, on maps of planets such as Venus and Uranus which rotate … See more

    Cultural

    East is the direction toward which the Earth rotates about its axis, and therefore the general direction from which the Sun appears to rise. The practice of praying towards the East is older than Christianity, but has be… See more

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    External links

    • The dictionary definition of east at Wiktionary See more

     
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