Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\ ([=o]`r[i^]*[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.
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The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
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2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. [1913 Webster]
oriental
adj
1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
"oriental civilization"
noun
1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person]
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
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
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
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