It's said, out west, to be in the east (5)
I believe the answer is:
sunup
'east' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sunup that I've seen before include "First appearance of star" , "First light (US), rhymes with travelling over one hundred mph" , "when a new day dawns" , "Daybreak (in America)" , "early in America" .)