Definition of Oriental. Meaning of Oriental. Synonyms of Oriental

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Definition of Oriental

Oriental
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.

Meaning of Oriental from wikipedia

- and expanded, designating also the Middle East or the Far East. The term Oriental is often used to describe objects from the Orient. However, given its Eurocentric...
- Orientalism is a term used by art historians and literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world...
- Oriental Orthodoxy is the fourth largest communion of Christian churches, with about 76 million members worldwide. As one of the oldest religious institutions...
- The Oriental Shorthair is a breed of domestic cat that is closely related to the Siamese. It maintains the modern Siamese head and body type but appears...
- SOAS University of London (/ˈsoʊæs/; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent...
- Spanish pronunciation: [uɾuˈɣwai]), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in the southeastern...
- considered for merging. › Negros Oriental (Cebuano: Sidlakang Negros; Tagalog: Silangang Negros), also called Oriental Negros or Eastern Negros, is a province...
- The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-rite Catholic Churches, and in some historical cases Uniate Churches...
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG; Chinese: 文華東方酒店), a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, is an international hotel investment and management group...
- The Oriental riff, also known as the East Asian riff, is a musical riff or phrase that has often been used in Western culture as a trope or stereotype...
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