Europe

Eastern Europe

The term Eastern Europe can be defined in several different ways; see the understand section below for a discussion. This article uses a fairly narrow definition, covering only , and .
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is a country in Eastern Europe, the largest country entirely within Europe, with a very rich culture and history.

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Eastern Europe

Latitude of center
54° north
Longitude of center
37° east
Population
281,000,000
Wiki­data ID
Q27468
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Eastern Europe” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Iërupa Timu”
  • Afrikaans: “Oos-Europa”
  • Albanian: “Evropa lindore”
  • Albanian: “Evropa Lindore”
  • Amharic: “ምሥራቃዊ አውሮፓ”
  • Arabic: “أوروبا الشرقية”
  • Aragonese: “Europa de l’Este”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Եվրոպա”
  • Arpitan: “Eropa du Levant”
  • Asturian: “Europa Oriental”
  • Avaric: “Бакъбаккул Европа”
  • Awadhi: “पूरुबी यूरोप”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Avropa”
  • Bashkir: “Көнсығыш Европа”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Europa”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Еўропа”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Эўропа”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব ইউরোপ”
  • Bosnian: “Istočna Evropa”
  • Breton: “Europa ar Reter”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна Европа”
  • Catalan: “Europa de l’est”
  • Catalan: “Europa de l’Est”
  • Catalan: “Europa oriental”
  • Catalan: “Europa Oriental”
  • Central Bikol: “Subangan na Europa”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەورووپای ڕۆژھەڵات”
  • Chinese: “Tang Au-chiu”
  • Chinese: “东欧”
  • Chinese: “東歐”
  • Church Slavic: “Въсточьна Єѵрѡпа”
  • Chuvash: “Тухăç Европа”
  • Chuvash: “Хĕвел тухăç Европа”
  • Corsican: “Auropa orientale”
  • Corsican: “Europa orientale”
  • Croatian: “Istočna Europa”
  • Czech: “východní Evropa”
  • Czech: “Východní Evropa”
  • Danish: “Østeuropa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropa Rocvetışi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropay Rocvetışi”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Europa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوروبا الشرقيه”
  • Esperanto: “Eosteŭropo”
  • Esperanto: “Eosto Eŭropo”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Eŭropo”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Euroopa”
  • Faroese: “Eysturevropa”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Eurooppa”
  • French: “Europe de l’Est”
  • French: “Europe orientale”
  • French: “Europe Orientale”
  • Gagauz: “Günduusu Evrоpa”
  • Galician: “Europa Oriental”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ევროპა”
  • German: “Osteuropa”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Ευρώπη”
  • Haitian: “Ewop Lès”
  • Haitian: “Ewòp Lès”
  • Haitian: “Ewòp Oryantal”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-Êu”
  • Hausa: “Gabashin Turai”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח אירופה”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी यूरोप”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Európa”
  • Icelandic: “Austur-Evrópa”
  • Ido: “Estal Europa”
  • Igbo: “Owuwa Anyanwu Obodo Beke”
  • Iloko: “Akindaya nga Europa”
  • Inari Sami: “Nuorttâ-Euroop”
  • Indonesian: “Eropa Timur”
  • Ingush: “Малхбоалера Европа”
  • Irish: “Oirthear na hEorpa”
  • Italian: “Europa orientale”
  • Japanese: “東ヨーロッパ”
  • Japanese: “東欧”
  • Javanese: “Éropa Wétan”
  • Javanese: “Éropah Wétan”
  • Kabyle: “Turuft Usamar”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಯುರೋಪ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Shıǵıs Evropa”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс Еуропа”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ewropa Nasidlangan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Iwropa Nasidlangan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nasidlangan nga Ewropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nasidlangan nga Iwropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nasidlangan nga Yoropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nasidlangan nga Yuropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Yoropa Nasidlangan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Yuropa Nasidlangan”
  • Korean: “동구라파”
  • Korean: “동유럽”
  • Kotava: “Ronefa Europa”
  • Kurdish: “Ewropaya Rojhilat”
  • Ladino: “Evropa Orientala”
  • Lao: “ເອີຣົບຕາເວັນອອກ”
  • Latin: “Europa Orientalis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumeiropa”
  • Limburgan: “Oas-Europa”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Europa este”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Europa”
  • Low German: “Oost-Europa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Osteuropa”
  • Macedonian: “Источна Европа”
  • Malagasy: “Eorôpa Atsinanana”
  • Malay: “Eropah Timur”
  • Malay: “ايروڤه تيمور”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ യൂറോപ്പ്”
  • Maltese: “Ewropa tal-Lvant”
  • Marathi: “पूर्व युरोप”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dĕ̤ng-ĕu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-au”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლი ევროპა”
  • Moksha: “Шистяма Эвропа”
  • Mongolian: “Зүүн Европ”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬ ߕߟߋ߬ߓߐ”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬ ߕߟߋ߬ߖߌ߲ߞߌ߲”
  • Narom: “Ûrope dé l’Êst”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uasteuroopa”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Eurohpa”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Eurohpá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Europa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Europa”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Europa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Euròpa Orientala”
  • Ossetian: “Скæсæн Европæ”
  • Pampanga: “Aslagang Europa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਯੂਰਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Ost-Oropa”
  • Persian: “اروپای شرقی”
  • Persian: “شرق اروپا”
  • Polish: “Europa Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Europa de Leste”
  • Portuguese: “Europa Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Leste Europeu”
  • Pushto: “ختيځه اروپا”
  • Romanian: “Estul european”
  • Romanian: “Europa de Est”
  • Romanian: “Europa Est”
  • Russian: “Восточная Европа”
  • Rusyn: “Выходна Европа”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱤᱭᱩᱨᱳᱯ”
  • Saraiki: “مشرقی یورپ”
  • Sardinian: “Europa orientale”
  • Scots: “Eastren Europe”
  • Scots: “Eistren Europe”
  • Serbian: “Источна Европа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočna Evropa”
  • Sindhi: “اوڀر يورپ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Nuõrtt-Europp”
  • Slovak: “Východná Európa”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna Evropa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوغو اوروپا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرقی اوروپا”
  • Spanish: “Europa del Este”
  • Spanish: “Europa Oriental”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵓⵕⵓⴱⴱⵜ ⵜⴰⴳⵎⵓⴹⴰⵏⵜ”
  • Sundanese: “Éropa Wétan”
  • Swahili: “Ulaya ya Mashariki”
  • Swedish: “Östeuropa”
  • Swiss German: “Osteuropa”
  • Tagalog: “Silangang Europa”
  • Tajik: “Аврупои Шарқӣ”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு ஐரோப்பா”
  • Tatar: “Könçığış Awrupa”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Аурупа”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Европа”
  • Thai: “ยุโรปตะวันออก”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Osteuropa”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Avrupa”
  • Turkmen: “Gündogar Ýewropa”
  • Tyap: “A̱tyin Yurop”
  • Tyap: “Yurop A̱tyin”
  • Udmurt: “Ӵукпал Европа”
  • Udmurt: “Шундыӝужан Европа”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна Європа”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wuchodna Europa”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی یورپ”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy Yevropa”
  • Venetian: “Eoropa de l’Est”
  • Venetian: “Eoropa orientałe”
  • Venetian: “Europa orientałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Âu”
  • Vlaams: “Ôost-Europa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Europa”
  • Welsh: “Dwyrain Ewrop”
  • Western Frisian: “East-Jeropa”
  • Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا یورپ”
  • Wolof: “Penku Tugal”
  • Wu Chinese: “东欧”
  • Yiddish: “מזרח אייראפע”
  • Yiddish: “מזרח-אייראפע”
  • Yoruba: “Apáìlàoòrùn Europe”
  • Yue Chinese: “東歐”
  • Zeeuws: “Oôst-Europa”
  • “Eropa Timur”
  • “Eropa Wetan”

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