Far East

English

Far East

Proper noun

Far East

2. (dated)A geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole.
3. Clipping of Russian Far East, a region in Russia.

Derived terms

• Far Eastern

Related terms

• Middle East
• Near East

Translations

East and Southeast Asia — see also East and Southeast Asia

• Afrikaans: Verre Ooste
• Albanian: Lindja e Largët
• Arabic: اَلشَّرْق اَلْأُقْصَى f (aš-šarq al-ʔuqṣā)
• Armenian: Հեռավոր Արեւելք (Heṙavor Arewelkʻ)
• Belarusian: Далёкі Усхо́д m (Daljóki Usxód)
• Bulgarian: Дале́чен И́зток m (Daléčen Íztok)
• Burmese: အရှေ့ဖျား ဒေသ (a.hre.hpya: desa.)
• Catalan: Orient Llunyà m, Extrem Orient m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠東 / 远东 (zh) (Yuǎndōng), 極東 / 极东 (zh) (Jídōng)

• Crimean Tatar: Uzaq Şarq
• Czech: Dálný východ m
• Danish: Fjernøsten c
• Dutch: Verre Oosten n
• Esperanto: Ekstrema Oriento, Fora Oriento
• Estonian: Kaug-Ida
• Faroese: Fjareystur n
• Finnish: Kaukoitä (fi)
• French: Extrême-Orient (fr) m
• Georgian: შორეული აღმოსავლეთი (šoreuli aɣmosavleti)
• German: Ferner Osten m
• Greek: Άπω Ανατολή (el) f (Ápo Anatolí)
• Hebrew: המזרח הרחוק
• Hindi: सुदूरपूर्व (hi) (sudūrpūrv)
• Hungarian: Távol-Kelet (hu)
• Indonesian: Timur Jauh (id)
• Irish: an Cianoirthear m
• Italian: Estremo Oriente (it) m
• Japanese: 極東 (ja) (きょくとう, Kyokutō)
• Kalmyk: Хол Дорд үзг (Xol Dord üzg)
• Kazakh: Қиыр Шығыс (Qiyr Şyğys)
• Khmer: ចុងបូព៌ា (chong boopie)
• Korean: 극동(極東) (ko) (Geukdong)
• Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກໄກ (tā wen ʼǭk kai)
• Macedonian: Далечен Исток m (Dalečen Istok)
• Malay: Timur Jauh
• Mongolian: Алс Дорнод (Als Dornod)
• Norwegian: Det fjerne østen (no)

  Nynorsk: Det fjerne Austen

• Persian: خاور دور (xâvar-e dur)
• Polish: Daleki Wschód (pl) m
• Portuguese: Extremo Oriente (pt) m
• Romanian: Extremul Orient n, Orientul Îndepărtat n
• Russian: Да́льний Восто́к (ru) m (Dálʹnij Vostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Далеки Исток m

  Roman: Daleki Istok m

• Slovak: Ďaleký východ m
• Slovene: Daljni vzhod m
• Spanish: Extremo Oriente (es) m
• Swedish: Fjärran Östern
• Tagalog: Malayong Silangan, (poetic) Silanganan
• Thai: ตะวันออกไกล (th) (dtàwan òk)
• Turkish: Uzak Doğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дале́кий Схід (uk) m (Dalékyj Sxid)
• Vietnamese: Viễn Đông (遠東)
• Welsh: y Dwyrain Pell m
• Yiddish: ווײַטן מיזרח (vaytn mizrekh)

region in Russia — see Russian Far East

See also

• Levant