different between eastern vs tokay

English

Etymology

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ?asterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austr?nijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ?str?ni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). More at east.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?st?n/
• Rhymes: -i?st?(r)n

Adjective

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
3. (loosely) Oriental.

Derived terms

• easternmost
• Eastern Norway

Translations

See also

• northern
• southern
• western
• northeastern
• southeastern
• southwestern
• northwestern

Anagrams

• Earnest, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane

English

Etymology 1

From Hungarian tokaji (“of Tokay”), from Tokaj (placename) + -i (“originating from”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???ke?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /to??ke?/

Noun

tokay (countable and uncountable, plural tokays)

1. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
2. Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape.

Alternative forms

• tokaji

Translations

Etymology 2

See tokay gecko.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???ke?/, /?t??.ke?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /to??ke?/, /?to?.ke?/

Noun

tokay (plural tokays)

1. The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands.

Alternative forms

• tockay

References

Indonesian

Noun

tokay (first-person possessive tokayku, second-person possessive tokaymu, third-person possessive tokaynya)

1. (slang) excrement, feces, dung