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East India House Inscription

The East India House Inscription is a large limestone building inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II, carved at Babylon and now kept in the British Museum.

East Indian Railway Company

The East Indian Railway Company was a British joint-stock railway company formed in London in 1845 that built the first railway in eastern India, from Calcutta toward Delhi.

East Indies

The East Indies, also known as the Indies, is a European term once covering India, Further India, and the Malay Archipelago, distinguished from the West Indies.

East Is East (1999 film)

East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama, Damien O'Donnell's debut, adapted by Ayub Khan-Din from his play, starring Om Puri and Linda Bassett as the Khan parents in 1971 Salford; a £3m Film4/BBC production that earned over £7m in Britain.

East Jakarta

East Jakarta (Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur) is one of Jakarta's five administrative cities, population about 3.04 million, HDI 85.51 (2025), created in 1966, known for Musrenbang planning, digital PTSP services, and slow land subsidence.

East Japan Railway Company

East Japan Railway Company, known as JR East, is a Japanese passenger railway operator centered on Tokyo, created in 1987 through the privatization of Japanese National Railways.

East Java

East Java (Jawa Timur, Javanese Jawa Wétan) is an Indonesian province on eastern Java plus Madura and nearby islands; 47,963 km², about 37.5 million people, and Indonesia's second-largest provincial economy.

East Java Gas Pipeline

The East Java Gas Pipeline (EJGP) is a natural gas pipeline in Indonesia, running from the Kangean Islands through the Madura Strait to Surabaya, operated by Pertamina Gas.

East Jersey State Prison

East Jersey State Prison (EJSP), formerly Rahway State Prison until its 1988 renaming, is a maximum-security New Jersey men's prison in Avenel, Woodbridge Township, opened in 1901, with an Auburn-style rotunda design and a proposed FY2026 closure.

East Jerusalem

East Jerusalem: the eastern sector of Jerusalem under Jordanian rule 1948-1967, occupied and annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War, containing the Old City; annexation unrecognized internationally, with residency, planning, and settlement disputes central to its status.

East Kazakhstan

East Kazakhstan Region (Shyghys Qazaqstan oblysy), Kazakh region on the Russia and China borders, capital Ust-Kamenogorsk. Formed 1932, enlarged 1997, reduced 2022 by Abai Region's creation; economy led by nonferrous metallurgy (Kazzinc).

East Kentucky Power Cooperative

East Kentucky Power Cooperative is a not-for-profit electric utility in Winchester, Kentucky, that generates wholesale power for 16 member cooperatives serving over 1.2 million Kentuckians.

East Korea Bay

East Korea Bay is a bay on North Korea's eastern coast, opening onto the East Sea (Sea of Japan), distinct from Korea Bay on the Yellow Sea side; labeled on U.S. military and NOAA maps and an SST anomaly hot spot.

East Kutai Coal Mine

The East Kutai Coal Project is a proposed thermal coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, whose licenses were revoked in 2010 and no coal was ever mined.

East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing, Michigan: Ingham/Clinton county city incorporated 1907, named by the state Senate over local favorite College Park; home of Michigan State University (founded 1855), population 47,741 in 2020, council-manager government.

East London

East London: northeastern Greater London, a ten-borough sub-region of two million people. Known for the historic docks (West India Docks, 1802), Canary Wharf regeneration since 1981, and persistent inner-city poverty.

East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

East Londonderry is a UK Parliament constituency in northern County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, created in 1983 from Londonderry. Held by UUP's Willie Ross until 2001 and by DUP MP Gregory Campbell since; in 2024 Campbell won by 179 votes over Sinn Féin.

East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles is an unincorporated census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, east of the Los Angeles River, with 118,786 residents (2020), about 95% Hispanic or Latino, a long-standing Mexican American community and Chicano movement center.

East Los High

East Los High: Hulu original teen drama (2013-2017), created by Carlos Portugal and Kathleen Bedoya, first all-Latino cast, edutainment on teen sexual health, six Emmy nominations.

East Lynne

East Lynne is an 1861 English sensation novel by Ellen Wood, who wrote as Mrs Henry Wood, and one of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century.

East Macedonia and Thrace

East Macedonia and Thrace (Ανατολική Μακεδονία & Θράκη) is a Greek administrative region in the northeast, bordering Bulgaria and Turkey, capital Komotini, 562,201 people (2021), 14,157 km², highest Greek poverty rate and top national governance score.

East Malaysia

East Malaysia (Malaysia Timur), or Malaysian Borneo, comprises Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan on northern Borneo. It covers 60% of Malaysia's area, joined the federation on 16 September 1963 under MA63, and holds special autonomy.

East Midlands

East Midlands: English statistical region (NUTS/ITL code UKF) covering Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland; 4.99m people, £146.4bn economy, EMCCA mayor since 2024.

East Midlands Airport

East Midlands Airport, also known as Nottingham East Midlands Airport, is an international airport at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England, and the UK's busiest airport for dedicated freighter cargo.

East Midlands Railway

East Midlands Railway, the trading name of Transport UK East Midlands Limited, is a British train operator running London St Pancras to East Midlands services since 2019.

East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), founded in 1927 in Scooba, Mississippi, is a public two-year college serving Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee, and Oktibbeha counties from five locations.

East Money Information

East Money Information (东方财富信息股份有限公司) is a Shanghai-headquartered Chinese internet financial-services company operating Eastmoney.com, the Guba forum, Tiantian Fund, and East Money Securities, founded in 2005 and listed on ChiNext in 2010.

East New Britain Province

East New Britain is a Papua New Guinea province on northeastern New Britain and the Duke of York Islands, capital Kokopo after Rabaul's 1994 eruption; 434,757 people (2024), cocoa and copra exports, Rabaul caldera hazard.

East New York (TV series)

East New York is an American CBS police procedural (2022-2023) created by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, starring Amanda Warren as Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood of Brooklyn's 74th Precinct; 21 episodes, canceled after one season.

East North Central states

East North Central states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, the U.S. Census Bureau division within the Midwest region; population about 47.7 million in 2025.