The city is framed by mountain ranges to the 'east' and west.
This summer has been unusually hot in 'the East'.
The ships sailed 'east'. [='easterly, eastward']
(..) this earth, and now I have no time. With luck, my search will not be in vain. Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the east. Go. You have some skill with a blade. Women of this country learned long ago: Those without swords can still die upon them. (..)2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers