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eastern hemisphere

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
east-ern hemi-sphere
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Eastern Hemisphere.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eastern, hemisphere.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Eastern Hemisphere (canonical) eastern hemispheres (plural)

Phrases

Old World

Frequently Paired Words

Old World East Western Hemisphere Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Water Hemisphere Land Hemisphere

Synonyms

orient

Questions

What does eastern hemisphere mean?
The hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.

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