Far East
Older Use. the countries of East Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
Origin of Far East
1Other words from Far East
- Far Eastern, adjective
Words that may be confused with Far East
- Far East , Middle East, Near East
Words Nearby Far East
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How to use Far East in a sentence
The video also argues that ISIS is collecting followers across the Middle East, even as Far East as China.
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage | Shane Harris | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAIG had historic and large operations in China and throughout the Far East.
Behind them, in the Far East corner of the square, large armored vans skidded and screeched their way out.
The Violent Scene at Cairo's Tahrir Square | Babak Dehghanpisheh | January 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Americans maintain that there will be no finer harbour in the Far East when the work is completed.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIt extends as Far East as Salerno, where the coast plain of the Sele begins.
This fully accounts for what has taken place in recent campaigns by land and sea in the Far East.
Man has tablets in the heart, for inscriptions greater, and more enduring, than those of the great ledges of rock in the Far East.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper AlmoreThe late disturbance in the Far East marked the clashing of the dreams, for the Slav, too, is dreaming greatly.
Revolution and Other Essays | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for Far East
the Far East the countries of E Asia, usually including China, Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: sometimes extended to include all territories east of Afghanistan
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Far East
Popular expression for the east Asian nations of China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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