The borders of East Jerusalem have expanded.
 In English, it is largely a metonym for, and referring to the same area as, the continent of Asia, divided into the Far East, Middle East, and Near East
 Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek  anatol 'east' from  'to rise' and Hebrew  mizra 'east' from  zara 'to rise, to shine'

