Orient Express, the
Orient Express, the

oriental


Definition: Meaning of, oriental in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)l;ɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)l /

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  1. relating to or from the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan
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oriental orientals
also Oriental [countable] [old-fashioned] [not polite]
  1. a word for someone from the eastern part of the world, especially China or Japan, now considered offensive
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Oriental


Definition: Meaning of, Oriental in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˌɔːrɪˈɛntl /

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Oriental Orientals
old-fashioned
  1. especially by Asian Americans a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians
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    oriental person
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Oriental used in phrases

  • Oriental Studies (noun)
    1. the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
  • Oriental arborvitae (noun)
    1. asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
  • Oriental beetle (noun)
    1. introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
  • Oriental black mushroom (noun)
    1. edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
  • Oriental garlic (noun)
    1. a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
  • Oriental scops owl (noun)
    1. asian scops owl
  • Sierra Madre Oriental (noun)
    1. a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
  • oriental alabaster (noun)
    1. a hard compact kind of calcite
  • oriental bittersweet (noun)
    1. ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
  • oriental bush cherry (noun)
    1. woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
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