Far East
The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East, North and Southeast Asia. South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term.
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Location of the Far East, geographically defined | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 遠東 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 远东 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Far East | ||||||||||||||||
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| Burmese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Burmese | အရှေ့ဖျား ဒေသ | ||||||||||||||||
| IPA | [ʔəʃḛbjá dèθa̰] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Viễn Đông | ||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 遠東 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Thai | ตะวันออกไกล | ||||||||||||||||
| RTGS | Tawan-ok Klai | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 극동 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 極東 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Алс Дорнод Als Dornod | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 極東 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | きょくとう | ||||||||||||||||
| Katakana | キョクトウ | ||||||||||||||||
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| Malay name | |||||||||||||||||
| Malay | تيمور جاءوه Timur Jauh | ||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | Timur Jauh | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tagalog | In Filipino: Kasilangánan Silangánan (poetic) Maláyong Silángan (literal) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tamil | தூர கிழக்கு Tūra Kiḻakku | ||||||||||||||||
| Portuguese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Portuguese | Extremo Oriente | ||||||||||||||||
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| Russian | Дальний Восток IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok] | ||||||||||||||||
| Romanization | Dál'niy Vostók | ||||||||||||||||
| Lao name | |||||||||||||||||
| Lao | ຕາເວັນອອກໄກ Taven-ok kai | ||||||||||||||||
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| Khmer | ចុងបូព៌ា Chong Bopea | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tetum | Dok Lorosa'e | ||||||||||||||||
The term first came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 15th century, particularly the British, denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "Easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East. Likewise, during the Qing dynasty of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "Tàixī (泰西)" – i.e., anything further west than the Arab world – was used to refer to the Western countries.
Since the mid-20th century, the term has mostly gone out of use for the region in international mass media outlets due to its perceived eurocentric connotations. North Asia is sometimes excluded due to cultural and ethnic differences.