Oriental,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oriental \O`ri*en"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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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 code(s): 28571

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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