far east

/F AA1 R IY1 S T/
noun
  1. 1

    (dated)A geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole.

  2. 2

    Clipping of Russian Far East, a region in Russia. [the Russian part of the East Asia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean]