different between eastern vs xiaolongbao

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

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin ??? (xi?olóngb?o, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??a?l??ba?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?l??ba?/ or IPA^(key): /?a?l???ba?/, shao-long-bao

Noun

xiaolongbao (plural xiaolongbao)

1. (Chinese cuisine) A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai.

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