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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oriental \o`rien"tal\ =o`ri^e^n"tal, a. l.
orientalis: cf. f. oriental.
of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the east or orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as,
oriental countries.
1913 webster
the sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --sir t.
browne.
1913 webster
see also:
occidental
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oriental \o`rien"tal\, n.
1. a native or inhabitant of the orient or some eastern part
of the world; an asiatic.
1913 webster
2. pl. eccl. eastern christians of the greek rite.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
oriental
adj : 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" syn: asian
n : a member of an oriental race syn: oriental person
see also:
asian oriental person
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 moby thesaurus words for "oriental":
antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly,
eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north,
northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly,
northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern,
occidental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly,
southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest,
southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western,
westernmost
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "oriental":
american indian, amerind, australian aborigine, bushman, caucasian,
indian, malayan, mister charley, mongolian, negrillo, negrito,
negro, red indian, wasp, black, black man, blackfellow, boy,
brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky,
jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy,
red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the man, white, white man,
whitey, yellow man
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
oriental, nc town, fips 49380
location: 35.03471 n, 76.68458 w
population 1990: 786 487 housing units
area: 2.8 sq km land, 0.6 sq km water
zip codes: 28571
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
oriental, nc -- u.s. town in north carolina
population 2000: 875
housing units 2000: 576
land area 2000: 1.146828 sq. miles 2.970272 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.226096 sq. miles 0.585587 sq. km
total area 2000: 1.372924 sq. miles 3.555859 sq. km
fips code: 49380
located within: north carolina nc, fips 37
location: 35.031010 n, 76.687871 w
zip codes 1990: 28571
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
oriental, nc
oriental
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