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Definition: Easternmost |
EasternmostAdjective1. Farthest to the east. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "easternmost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Synonym: EasternmostSynonym: eastmost (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Easternmost |
| English words defined with "easternmost": Barbados ♦ chin ♦ Horn of Africa ♦ Kuki, Kuki-Chin ♦ Porto Rico, Puerto Rico ♦ Somali peninsula. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "easternmost": Cappadocia ♦ Pi-beseth. (references) |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The boundaries of East Prussia, with the reservations made in Section IX (East Prussia) of Part III, will be determined as follows: from a point on the coast of the Baltic Sea about 1 1/2 kilometres north of Probbernau church in a direction of about 159 East from true North: a line to be fixed on the ground for about 2 kilometres; thence in a straight line to the light at the bend of the Elbing Channel in approximately latitude 54 19 1/2' North, longitude 19 26' East of Greenwich; thence to the easternmost mouth of the Nogat River at a bearing of approximately 209 East from true North; thence up the course of the Nogat River to the point where the latter leaves the Vistula (Weichsel);thence up the principal channel of navigation of the Vistula, then the southern boundary of the Kreis of Marienwerder, then that of the Kreis of Rosenberg eastwards to the point where it meets the old boundary of East Prussia, thence the old boundary between East and West Prussia, then the boundary between the Kreise of Osterode and Neidenburg, then the course of the river Skottau downstream, then the course of the Neide upstream to a point situated about 5 kilometres west of Bialutten being the nearest point to the old frontier of Russia; thence in an easterly direction to a point immediately south of the intersection of the road Neidenburg-Mlava with the old frontier of Russia: a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Bialutten; thence the old frontier of Russia to a point east of Schmalleningken, then the principal channel of navigation of the Niemen (Memel) downstream, then the Skierwieth arm of the delta to the Kurisches Haff; thence a straight line to the point where the eastern shore of the Kurische Nehrung meets the administrative boundary about 4 kilometres south-west of Nidden; thence this administrative boundary to the western shore of the Kurische Nehrung. (reference) |
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Economic History | Kiribati | On January 1, 1995 Kiribati unilaterally moved the International Date Line to include its easternmost islands and make it the same day throughout the country. (references) |
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| "Easternmost" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Easternmost" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "easternmost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | më lindor. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | най-източен. (various references) | |
Czech | nejvýchodnìjší. (various references) | |
Finnish | itäisin. (various references) | |
German | östlichste (most eastern). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legkeletibb, legkeletibb fekvésű, legkeletebbre eső. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easternmostay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | zona oriental. (various references) | |
Romanian | cel mai estic, cel mai de est. (various references) | |
Russian | самый восточный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | najistočniji. (various references) | |
Spanish | él más oriental. (various references) | |
Thai | สุ"ทิศตะวันออก. (various references) | |
Ukranian | найдальший на схід. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cực đông. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "easternmost": northeasternmost, southeasternmost. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: assortment. | |
-2 letters: earstones, monsteras, resonates, statesmen, steersman, sternmost, teamsters. | |
-3 letters: anemoses, assenter, assentor, earnests, earstone, entreats, estreats, estrones, maestros, masseter, mattress, monstera, monsters, onstream, ratteens, remotest, reseason, resonate, restates, retastes, rosettes, sarments, sarsenet, seamster, seasoner, senators, smartens, smartest, smatters, somerset, starnose, steamers, stentors, sternest, stomates, tameness, tartness, teamster, toasters, tonearms, torments, transoms, treasons. | |
-4 letters: arenose, atoners, attorns, earnest, eastern, easters, emoters, enamors, entases, entreat, estates, estreat, estrone, maestro, martens, masters, matrons, matters, meaners, meanest, mentors, mesteso, metates, meteors, moaners, monster, moreens, mostest, natters, nearest, neatest, nesters, nestors, netters, notates, oarsmen, ramsons, ransoms, ratteen, rattens, rattons, reasons, remates, remotes, renames, renests, reseats, resents, restate, retaste, reteams, retests, roseate, rosette, rotates, sarment, sateens, seamers, searest, seaters, senates, senator, senoras, senores, sensate, sermons, serosae, setters, smarten, smatter, stamens, starets, staters, stators, steamer, stemson, stentor, stereos, stomate, stoners, streams, streets, tasters, teasers, tensest, tensors, tenters, ternate, tersest, tessera, testers, testons, toaster, tomenta, tonearm, tonemes, torment, transom, treason. | |
-5 letters: ameers, aments, antres, aretes, armets, arseno, arsons, assent, assert, assort, astern, asters, atoner, atones, attorn, easter, eaters, emoter, emotes, enamor, enates, enemas, entera, enters, erases, eroses, estate, esters, manors, manses, mantes, marses, marten, masers, masons, master, maters, matres, matron, matter, mattes, meaner, mensae, mensas, menses, mentor, merest, mesnes, mesons, messan, metate, meteor, meters, metres, metros, moaner, montes, morass, moreen, mosser, motets, mottes, namers, natter, neater, nester, nestor, netter, notate, noters, oaters, omenta, onsets, orates, ornate, ottars, otters, ramees, ramens, ramets, ramose, ramson, ranees, ransom, ratten, ratton, reason, reests, remans, remate, remote, rename, renest, rentes, reseat, resent, resets, reteam, retems, retest, roasts, romans, rosets, rotate, rotten, rottes, sanest, santos, sarees, sarsen, sateen, seamen, seamer, season, seater, semens, senate, senora, senors, sensor, serest, sermon, serosa, sesame, sestet, setons, setose, setter, smarts, smears, snares, sneers, snores, snorts, sonars, sorest, stamen, stanes, stares, starts, stater, states, stator, steams, steers, stenos, stereo, steres, sterna, sterns, stoats, stomas, stoner, stones, stores, storms, stream, street, stroma, tamers, tamest, tarots, tasset, taster, tastes, taters, teaser, teases, tenets, tenors, tenser, tenses, tensor, tenter, ternes, testae, tester, testes, teston, tetras, tmeses, toasts, tomans, toneme, toners, torses, torten, tortes, tosser, totems, toters, treats, treens, tronas, trones, tsetse, tsores. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: demonstrates, remonstrates. | |
+3 letters: concertmasters, counterstreams, demonstratives, forestallments, overstatements, treponematoses, treponematosis. | |
+4 letters: importunateness, overadjustments, overestimations, transmissometer. | |
+5 letters: extemporisations, governmentalists, northeasternmost, southeasternmost, transmissometers, underestimations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 61 73 74 65 72 6E 6D 6F 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .- ... - . .-. -. -- --- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101101 01101111 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E a s t e r n m o s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 006E 006D 006F 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3967858671848079818586 |
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