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oriental![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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]
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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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