easternmost

adjective

east·​ern·​most ˈē-stərn-ˌmōst How to pronounce easternmost (audio)
: furthest to the east
… the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland, Canada's easternmost province.Vanda Sendzimir
No trip to Honolulu is complete without a drive to the easternmost point, Makapuu, about 30 minutes from Waikiki.The New York Times

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Russia occupies approximately 90% of the Donbas region, which is the easternmost region of Ukraine that borders Russia. Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2025 Fort Worth firefighters are battling a 3-alarm blaze at an apartment building in the easternmost corner of the city. Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 At least one Thai soldier has been killed, and four wounded in the fresh clashes that broke out around two areas in the easternmost province of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand's military said in a statement, after its troops came under Cambodian fire. Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025 The errors—found in an investigation published Saturday by the Independent, a progressive Canadian news outlet covering the country’s easternmost province Newfoundland and Labrador—appear in a 526-page report that was disseminated by its government in May. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for easternmost

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1631, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of easternmost was circa 1631

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“Easternmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easternmost. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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