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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans);
[syn: Oriental, oriental person]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
- Example: "oriental civilization"


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]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oriental adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; "oriental civilization" n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn: Oriental, oriental person]
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
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
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