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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McKeown is the showrunner of the limited series set in Newfoundland, Canada’s easternmost province, and centering on a mysterious sea creature terrorizing a remote seaside town. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025 The easternmost Bay Harbor island, zoned for apartments and condos, bristles with construction cranes as its trove of MiMo buildings from the 1950s and 1960s gradually disappears, replaced with glitzy new buildings where condos go for multiple millions. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 Montauk is a hamlet on the easternmost tip of the south shore of Long Island. Literary Hub, 22 May 2025 Nestled between the Caribbean and Atlantic ocean on the easternmost tip of the island, Punta Cana draws visitors to its white sand shores, while La Romana in the south offers a smaller but still impressive number of all-inclusive resorts to choose from. Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2023 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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