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east-central

east-central

1 3.7
In the middle part toward the east of a region or country
  • adjective
  • /ˈiːstˈsɛntrəl/
translation icon : centro-este
  • Both had roots in the same area of east-central Indiana.
  • east-central Europe
  • east-central Mexico
  • east-central Wisconsin

Examples

  • In east-central and southeastern Europe, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia have presented serials in English.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Migrants from the Four Corners into east-central Arizona had lived in cliffs along that rugged escarpment, which forms the southern limit of the Colorado Plateau.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the east central zone, eight were harvested out of a target of nine.

    Blog text (16)
  • Such was the hope of the residents of Belmonte, a small county in east-central Portugal.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The case study encompasses six villages in the Nottingham urbanized area, the largest one in east-central England.

    Academic text (1990)
  • For example, farmers in east-central Wisconsin were twice as likely to report drought losses as farmers in northwestern Wisconsin.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The resultant earlywood width chronology represents a record of drought and wetness in east-central Mexico during 1474-2001.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Can entitlement, developed through Amartya Sen's study of twentieth-century famines, be used to study famines in late nineteenth-century east-central Africa?

    Academic text (2006)
  • Tree density is greatest among the mountain ranges of east-central and northeastern Nevada, with west-facing slopes containing slightly higher densities (Tausch et al., 1981).

    Academic text (2016)
  • The beautiful scenery in the east-central region of the country attracts many tourists each year.

Antonyms

1 3.6

Lies in the middle of the western part of a country or area

Surface Forms

east-central positive

Morphology

east-central = east + central (transparent) = east + central

The compound directly combines 'east' + 'central' to denote the central part of the eastern area, a meaning easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

East-central combines east (the direction 'where the sun rises') and central (from centre, meaning 'middle'). So, east-central describes the middle part of a region that lies toward the east.