'East' is a name for the cardinal point East, for the region that lies to the east of a reference point, such as Asia from Europe and its meridian of Greenwich. Also the wind blowing from the eastern region. From the Latin oriens, entis ("nascent, salient, initiating"). See Levante, nascent. 2nd_ By the former, and in a somewhat poetic way, it is childhood, childhood; by the birth of the day, the sun appearing in the East. 3º_ Iridescent glitter of pearls. 4º_ Inflection of the verb orient . See verbs/orient .