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border-width: 0px; max-width: 55.8em; margin: 0 auto 0 auto"> <a id="top"></a> <h1 id="titleHeading" style="background-color: white; margin: 0;">Eastern Europe</h1> <div id="mw-content-text"><div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwAQ">English</h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"> <img src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/European_sub-regions__according_to_EuroVoc,_the_thesaurus_of_the_EU_.png" data-file-width="1138" data-file-height="917" data-file-type="bitmap" height="177" width="220" id="mwBQ"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left">A common definition of Eastern Europe highlighted in red</div> </div></div> <h3 id="mwCw">Proper noun</h3> <p id="mwDA"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en" id="mwDQ"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/eastern" title="eastern">Eastern</a> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a></strong></p> <ol id="mwDw"><li id="mwEA"> A socio-politic geographical area of eastern <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europe" title="Europe" id="mwEQ">Europe</a> usually including the European countries to the east of <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Germany" title="Germany" id="mwEg">Germany</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Austria" title="Austria" id="mwEw">Austria</a> and <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Italy" title="Italy" id="mwFA">Italy</a>, and to the west of the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Urals" title="Urals" id="mwFQ">Urals</a>. However, a less common definition of the region excludes the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic" id="mwFg">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Hungary" title="Hungary" id="mwFw">Hungary</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Poland" title="Poland" id="mwGA">Poland</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Slovakia" title="Slovakia" id="mwGQ">Slovakia</a>, the Baltic states and some parts of the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Balkans" title="Balkans" id="mwGg">Balkans</a> - placing them in <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe" id="mwGw">Central Europe</a> instead. <ul id="mwHA"><li id="mwHQ"> <b id="mwHg">1996</b> — Dennis P. Hupchick & Harold E. Cox, <i id="mwHw">A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe</i>, map 3 <dl id="mwIA"><dd id="mwIQ"> The Slavic peoples' ancestors entered <b id="mwIg">Eastern Europe</b> between the 5th and 7th centuries from their original common homeland.</dd></dl> </li></ul> </li></ol> <h4 id="mwIw">Usage notes</h4> <p id="mwJA">The boundaries of Eastern Europe are not always clearly defined. "Overlapping" occurs in such cases as those of the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic" id="mwJQ">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Hungary" title="Hungary" id="mwJg">Hungary</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Poland" title="Poland" id="mwJw">Poland</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Slovakia" title="Slovakia" id="mwKA">Slovakia</a>, the Baltic states, and the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Balkans" title="Balkans" id="mwKQ">Balkans</a>. Similarly, most mainstream definitions of Eastern Europe include the former communist nations of the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Caucasus" title="Caucasus" id="mwKg">Caucasus</a>, although there are a few sources that list them as transcontinental or <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Eurasia" title="Eurasia" id="mwKw">Eurasian</a>.</p> <h4 id="mwLA">Derived terms</h4> <ul id="mwLQ"><li id="mwLg"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwLw"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Eastern_European" title="Eastern European">Eastern European</a></span> </li></ul> <h4 id="mwMA">Translations</h4> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Eastern_Europe"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left; ">Eastern Europe</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="translations" style="width:100%;" data-gloss="Eastern Europe"><tbody><tr> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; width:48%; text-align:left; "> <ul> <li> Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq">Evropa lindore</span> </li> <li> Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar">أُورُوبَّا الشَّرْقِيَّة</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">ʾūrūbbā š-šarqiyya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Aragonese: <span class="Latn" lang="an">Europa de l'Este</span> </li> <li> Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%82%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B5%D5%BE%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%A1" title="Արեւելյան Եվրոպա">Արևելյան Եվրոպա</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Arewelyan Evropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu">Ekialdeko Europa</span> </li> <li> Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be">Усходняя Еўропа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Usxodnjaja Jeŭropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Bengali: <span class="Beng" lang="bn">পূর্ব ইউরোপ</span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">pūrba iurōp</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg">Източна Европа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Iztočna Evropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca">Europa de l'Est</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Chinese: <dl> <dd> Cantonese: <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E6%9D%B1%E6%AD%90" title="東歐">東歐</a></span>, <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E4%B8%9C%E6%AC%A7" title="东欧">东欧</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">dung<sup>1</sup> au<sup>1</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </dd> <dd> Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E6%9D%B1%E6%AD%90" title="東歐">東歐</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%AD%90" title="zh:東歐" class="external">(zh)</a></span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E4%B8%9C%E6%AC%A7" title="东欧">东欧</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E6%AC%A7" title="zh:东欧" class="external">(zh)</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Dōng-Ōu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> Chuvash: <span class="Cyrl" lang="cv">Хĕвелтухăç енчи Европа</span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Hĕveltuhăç enči Evropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Crimean Tatar: <span class="Latn" lang="crh">Şarq Avropa</span> </li> <li> Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/v%C3%BDchodn%C3%AD_Evropa" title="východní Evropa">východní Evropa</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da">Østeuropa</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%98steuropa" title="da:Østeuropa" class="external">(da)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </li> <li> Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl">Oost-Europa</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oost-Europa" title="nl:Oost-Europa" class="external">(nl)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </li> <li> Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et">Ida-Euroopa</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ida-Euroopa" title="et:Ida-Euroopa" class="external">(et)</a></span> </li> <li> Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo">Eysturevropa</span> </li> <li> Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/It%C3%A4-Eurooppa" title="Itä-Eurooppa">Itä-Eurooppa</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/It%C3%A4-Eurooppa" title="fi:Itä-Eurooppa" class="external">(fi)</a></span> </li> <li> French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr">Europe de l'Est</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Europe%20de%20l'Est" title="fr:Europe de l'Est" class="external">(fr)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl">Europa oriental</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka">აღმოსავლეთი ევროპა</span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">aɣmosavleti evroṗa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Osteuropa" title="Osteuropa">Osteuropa</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Osteuropa" title="de:Osteuropa" class="external">(de)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </li> <li> Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el">Ανατολική Ευρώπη</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Anatolikí Evrópi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he">מזרח אירופה</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">mizrákh eirópah</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Kelet-Eur%C3%B3pa" title="Kelet-Európa">Kelet-Európa</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kelet-Eur%C3%B3pa" title="hu:Kelet-Európa" class="external">(hu)</a></span> </li> <li> Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is">Austur-Evrópa</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/Austur-Evr%C3%B3pa" title="is:Austur-Evrópa" class="external">(is)</a></span> </li> <li> Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Eropa_Timur" title="Eropa Timur">Eropa Timur</a></span> </li> <li> Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europa_orientale" title="Europa orientale">Europa orientale</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> </ul> </td> <td style="width:1%; "></td> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:48%; "> <ul> <li> Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E6%9D%B1%E6%AC%A7" title="東欧">東欧</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%AC%A7" title="ja:東欧" class="external">(ja)</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">tōō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E6%9D%B1%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%91" title="東ヨーロッパ">東ヨーロッパ</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%91" title="ja:東ヨーロッパ" class="external">(ja)</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">ひがしヨーロッパ, higashi yōroppa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Kannada: <span class="Knda" lang="kn">ಪೂರ್ವ ಯುರೋಪ್</span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">pūrva yurōp</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko">동유럽</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EC%9C%A0%EB%9F%BD" title="ko:동유럽" class="external">(ko)</a></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">dong yureop</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv">Austrumeiropa</span> </li> <li> Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt">Rytų Europa</span> </li> <li> Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk">Источна Европа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Istočna Evropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf">Ûrope dé l'Êst</span> </li> <li> Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no">Øst-Europa</span> <dl><dd> Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn">Aust-Europa</span> </dd></dl> </li> <li> Persian: <span class="fa-Arab" lang="fa">اروپای شرقی</span> </li> <li> Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl">Europa Wschodnia</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Europa%20Wschodnia" title="pl:Europa Wschodnia" class="external">(pl)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/leste" title="leste">Leste</a> Europeu</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </li> <li> Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europa_de_Est" title="Europa de Est">Europa de Est</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru">Восточная Евро́па</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Vostočnaja Jevrópa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Serbo-Croatian: <dl> <dd> Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh">Источна Европа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh">Источна Еуропа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </dd> <dd> Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh">Istočna Evropa</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh">Istočna Europa</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk">Východná Európa</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl">Vzhodna Evropa</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europa_Oriental" title="Europa Oriental">Europa Oriental</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/Europa%20Oriental" title="es:Europa Oriental" class="external">(es)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </li> <li> Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw">Ulaya ya Mashariki</span> </li> <li> Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv">Östeuropa</span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%96steuropa" title="sv:Östeuropa" class="external">(sv)</a></span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span> </li> <li> Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th">ยุโรปตะวันออก</span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">yóorôhp dtàwan òk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Do%C4%9Fu_Avrupa" title="Doğu Avrupa">Doğu Avrupa</a></span><span class="tpos"><span> </span><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Do%C4%9Fu%20Avrupa" title="tr:Doğu Avrupa" class="external">(tr)</a></span> </li> <li> Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk">Східна Європа</span><span> </span><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span>‎</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span lang="" class="tr">Sxidna Jevropa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> </li> <li> Urdu: <span class="ur-Arab" lang="ur">مشرقی یورپ</span> </li> <li> Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi">Đông Âu</span> </li> <li> Wolof: <span class="Latn" lang="wo">Penku Tugal</span> </li> </ul> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <h4 id="mwMQ">See also</h4> <ul id="mwMg"> <li id="mwMw"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwNA"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a></span> </li> <li id="mwNQ"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwNg"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central Europe</a></span> </li> <li id="mwNw"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwOA"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a></span> </li> <li id="mwOQ"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwOg"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a></span> </li> <li id="mwOw"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwPA"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a></span> </li> <li id="mwPQ"> <span class="Latn" lang="en" id="mwPg"><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Eastern_Bloc" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a></span> </li> </ul> <div></div>  </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 blog-sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-module"> <div class="wmx-right-panel"> <h3 id="mwBw">Etymology</h3> <p id="mwCA">From <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/eastern" title="eastern" id="mwCQ">eastern</a> + <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Europe" title="Europe" id="mwCg">Europe</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar-module"> <h3>Similar Results</h3> <ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="blog-footer"> <p>© 2025 <a 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