The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.
   1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the
      morning; more generally, the time of such appearance,
      whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at
      sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." --Keble.
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   2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
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            Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.
                                                  --Deut. iv. 47
                                                  (Rev. Ver.)
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            Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of
            travel slack,
            And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at
            his back.                             --Whittier.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sunrise
    adj 1: of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high-
           technology sunrise industries"
    n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
         talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
         aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
         of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
         [ant: sundown, sunset]
    2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
       the sun
    3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunrise":
   aurora, break of day, brightening, cardinal points, chanticleer,
   cockcrow, cocklight, compass card, compass rose, crack of dawn,
   dawn, dawning, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, degrees,
   east, eastward, first brightening, half points, light, lubber line,
   morn, morning, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident,
   orient, peep of day, prime, quarter points, rhumb, south,
   southeast, southward, southwest, sunset, sunup, vestibule of Day,
   west, westward



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Sunrise, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
   Population (2000):    18
   Housing Units (2000): 25
   Land area (2000):     13.018750 sq. miles (33.718407 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    13.018750 sq. miles (33.718407 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            73950
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             60.885663 N, 149.424556 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sunrise, AK
    Sunrise


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Sunrise, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
   Population (2000):    85779
   Housing Units (2000): 35661
   Land area (2000):     18.202464 sq. miles (47.144164 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.229367 sq. miles (0.594059 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    18.431831 sq. miles (47.738223 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            69700
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             26.157145 N, 80.286002 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     33322 33323
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sunrise, FL
    Sunrise