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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oriental \O`ri*en"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.
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
2. pl (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}, {oriental
person}]
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
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