easternmost
- adjective
- /ˈiːstərnˌmoʊst/
- The easternmost island of the Caribbean, Barbados, emerged from beneath the sea some 750,000 years ago.
- the easternmost portion
- the easternmost part
- the easternmost point
Examples
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The city is located off the Caribbean Sea and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico.
Blog text (3) -
When they reached the easternmost corner of the assigned sector, fifteen minutes later, he brought the buggy to a halt.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the north of the country is the easternmost limit of the Atlas Mountains, the Northern Tell and High Tell.
Academic text (2003) -
We would regard the starting point as the easternmost point along the circumference of the circle.
Academic text (2003) -
After the park, we drove out to the Kumukahi Lighthouse, on the easternmost point of the island.
Blog text (23) -
The Unimak Island group moves into Bristol Bay, the easternmost portion of the Bering Sea.
Academic text (1992) -
Geographic Center: The easternmost part of the city will be the Macomb-St. Clair boundary.
Blog text (16) -
When the Chickasaw arrived in Indian Territory, they settled temporarily among the Choctaw in the easternmost portion of the country.
Academic text (2004) -
The various groups who participated in the Corpus Christi Entrada gathered at the easternmost entrance to the village.
Academic text (1994) -
I visited the easternmost city in the continental U.S., where the view of the ocean is beautiful.
Synonyms
Farthest to the east in a place, like a town or island
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Easternmost comes from east, the direction where the sun rises, and the ending -most, which means 'most' or 'farthest'. So, easternmost means the place that is 'most to the east', the very farthest point in that direction.