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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	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]

Source: 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]

Source: 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

Source: 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

Source: 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 code(s): 28571

Source: 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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