Eastern Europe
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- A socio-politic 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. However, a less common definition of the region excludes the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Baltic states and some parts of the Balkans - placing them in Central Europe instead.
- 1996 — Dennis P. Hupchick & Harold E. Cox, A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, map 3
- The Slavic peoples' ancestors entered Eastern Europe between the 5th and 7th centuries from their original common homeland.
- 1996 — Dennis P. Hupchick & Harold E. Cox, A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, map 3
- French: Europe de l'Est
- German: Osteuropa
- Italian: Europa orientale
- Portuguese: leste
- Russian: Восто́чная Евро́па
- Spanish: Europa Oriental
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