East is a cardinal direction or compass point. East or the East may also refer to:

Geography

Global context

*Eastern world, the region comprising Asia and the Middle East *Far East, the region comprising East Asia and Southeast Asia *Eastern Bloc, the Soviet Union and other states in the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War * The Orient, an early-modern term for lands in Near East and Far East

National context

*East (Cornish hundred), a division of the UK country of England *East (European Parliament constituency), a constituency in the Republic of Ireland *East, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States *East Coast of the United States, the easternmost coast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean **Eastern United States, a term often describing the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River *Eastern Roman Empire, the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Acronyms

* European Association for Solar Telescopes, a consortium for the development of the European Solar Telescope * Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, a nuclear fusion experiment facility in China * East Asia School of Theology, in Singapore * Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, an American medical association * Time in Chile, Easter Island Standard Time, UTC-6:00 with UTC-5:00 at daylight saving time

Arts and literature

*East (novel), ''East'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Edith Pattou *East (play), ''East'' (play), a 1975 play by Steven Berkoff

Film and TV

*The East (2013 film), ''The East'' (2013 film), a film directed by Zal Batmanglij *The East (2020 film), ''The East'' (2020 film), a Dutch war film *The East (TV series), ''The East'' (TV series), a 2015 Indonesian TV series * East (The Walking Dead), East (''The Walking Dead''), an episode of the TV series ''The Walking Dead''

Music

*''East!'', a 1968 album by jazz guitarist Pat Martino *East (Cold Chisel album), ''East'' (Cold Chisel album), 1980 * East (Justin Rutledge album), ''East'' (Justin Rutledge album), 2016 * East (EP), ''East'' (EP), an EP by Ego Likeness *"East", track by Pat Martino on ''East!'' *"East", song by Billy Paul *"East", song by Earl Sweatshirt from the EP ''Feet of Clay (EP), Feet of Clay''

Other uses

* East (surname), various people with the surname * East Bay, a portion of the San Francisco Bay Area * East River (disambiguation) * The East (Brooklyn), a black nationalist community center established in 1969