Far Eastern

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adjective

of or relating to the Far East (E Asia) or its inhabitants

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Words nearby Far Eastern

fard, fardel, fardel-bound, fare, Far East, Far Eastern, farebeat, fare-beater, farebox, Fareham, fare stage

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How to use Far Eastern in a sentence

Fetisov currently serves as a senator in the Federal Assembly of Russia representing the far eastern region of Primorsky Krai.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After his high-flying student years at Karachi University, he worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong.
Their Man in Washington|John Barry|October 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For the far-eastern social universe turns on a patricentric pivot.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell
We have seen how impersonal is the form which Far Eastern thought assumes when it crystallizes into words.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell

Pottery and lacquer alike witness the respective positions assigned to the serious and the comic in Far Eastern feeling.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell
The dissimilarity between the Western and the Far Eastern attitude of mind has in it something beyond the effect of environment.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell
Indeed, the Far Eastern state of things is a kind of charade on the word; for humanity there is singularly uniform.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell