Eastern Hemisphere

[ ee-stern hem-i-sfeer ]

noun

1. the eastern part of the terrestrial globe, roughly extending from the prime meridian east to the antimeridian: sometimes considered synonymous with the Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere technically does not extend into all of western Eurasia and Africa.

eastern hemisphere

noun

1. that half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian
2. the lands in this, esp Asia

Eastern Hemisphere

/ ē′stərn /

1. The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians.
2. See more at prime meridian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eastern Hemisphere¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Agents have encountered migrants from about four dozen Eastern hemisphere countries.

From Seattle Times

Homeland Security, in a written response to questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, said those it hasn’t been able to remove are generally citizens of countries such as Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, where those governments either refuse or struggle to cooperate with deportation requests from the U.S., or from Eastern Hemisphere countries where ICE struggles to put together deportation flights.

From Washington Times

In the Eastern Hemisphere, the tropics include most of Africa, parts of the Middle East, most of India, all of Southeast Asia, most of Australia and most of the island nations of Oceania.

From Science Daily

Both are located in the eastern hemisphere of the sun; the former is north of the equator, and the latter to the south.

From Washington Post

The attention of the figure skating world rests squarely on the Eastern Hemisphere this week.

From Seattle Times