Eastern Europe

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Eastern Europe

  • /ˈistɚn jʊːɹəp/ US

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  1. A socio-political geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals. The translation of Khrushchev's letter reached me later that day, and I read it with care and with growing disappointment. It seemed designed for propaganda purposes rather than serious diplomacy. Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars. Of course
  2. historical The communist and Soviet-aligned countries of Europe during the Cold War; the Warsaw Pact, sometimes also including Yugoslavia and Albania.

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name Eastern Europe

EspañolEuropa Oriental
한국어동유럽 Dong'yureop, 동구 Donggu
日本語東欧 Tōō, 東ヨーロッパ Higashi Yōroppa
中文東歐 /东欧 Dōng-Ōu
हिन्दीपूर्वी यूरोप pūrvī yūrop
KiswahiliUlaya ya Mashariki
PortuguêsLeste Europeu
FrançaisEurope de l'Est, Europe orientale
DeutschOsteuropa
ItalianoEuropa orientale
ΕλληνικάΑνατολική Ευρώπη Anatolikí Evrópi
RomânăEuropa de Est
РусскийВосто́чная Евро́па Vostóčnaja Jevrópa
Tiếng ViệtĐông Âu
العربيةأُورُوبَّا الشَّرْقِيَّة ʔūrūbbā š-šarqiyya
עבריתמִזְרַח אֵירוֹפָּה mizrákh eirópa

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@misc{eastern_europe_2026,
  title = {Eastern Europe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eastern%20europe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}