Phrase guide
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The hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Eastern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eastern, hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: orient
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Broader terms: hemisphere
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Across languages
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