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oriental
adj. from the east, from southern Asia, eastern

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Orient
The Orient means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym that means various parts of Asia.

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Oriental
Noun
1. a member of an Oriental race
(synonym) oriental person
(hypernym) Asian, Asiatic
(hyponym) yellow man
(member-holonym) Yellow race, Mongoloid race, Mongolian race

 
oriental
Adjective
1. denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
(synonym) Asian
(similar) eastern


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oriental
adj. oriental, from the east, from southern Asia, eastern

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oriental
adj. eastern, oriental

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