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Eastern Hemisphere
[ ee-stern hem-i-sfeer ]
noun
- 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
- that half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian
- the lands in this, esp Asia
Eastern Hemisphere
/ ē′stərn /
- The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians.
- 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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