Far East

noun

1. Older Use. the countries of East Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.

Far East

noun

1. the 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

Far East

1. Popular expression for the east Asian nations of China , Japan , North Korea and South Korea , Mongolia , and Taiwan .

Other Words From

• Far Eastern adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Far East¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

The video also argues that ISIS is collecting followers across the Middle East, even as far east as China.

From The Daily Beast

AIG had historic and large operations in China and throughout the Far East.

From The Daily Beast

Behind them, in the far east corner of the square, large armored vans skidded and screeched their way out.

From The Daily Beast

The Americans maintain that there will be no finer harbour in the Far East when the work is completed.

From Project Gutenberg

It extends as far east as Salerno, where the coast plain of the Sele begins.

From Project Gutenberg

This fully accounts for what has taken place in recent campaigns by land and sea in the Far East.

From Project Gutenberg

Man has tablets in the heart, for inscriptions greater, and more enduring, than those of the great ledges of rock in the far East.

From Project Gutenberg

The late disturbance in the Far East marked the clashing of the dreams, for the Slav, too, is dreaming greatly.

From Project Gutenberg