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Eastern Hemisphere

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Eastern Hemisphere
The half of the earth comprising Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

eastern hemisphere
Noun
the half of the globe that contains Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia

Eastern Hemisphere  (strn)
The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians. See more at prime meridian.
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Noun1.Eastern Hemisphereeastern hemisphere - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
Old World - the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Eurasia - the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia


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For two hundred years the Eastern Hemisphere had been wiped from the maps and histories of Pan-America.
I set the pointer here upon the right-hand dial which represents the eastern hemisphere of Barsoom, so that the point rests upon the exact latitude and longitude of Helium.
 
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