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Eastern Hemisphere

[ ee-stern hem-i-sfeer ]

noun

  1. the eastern part of the terrestrial globe, roughly extending from the prime meridian east to the antimeridian: sometimes considered synonymous with the Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere technically does not extend into all of western Eurasia and Africa.


eastern hemisphere

noun

  1. that half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian
  2. the lands in this, esp Asia


Eastern Hemisphere

/ ēstərn /

  1. The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians.
  2. See more at prime meridian


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Eastern Hemisphere1

First recorded in 1620–30

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