Oriental

Adjective

 * 1) eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.
 * Note: this term is considered by some to be objectionable in American English.
 * 1) (zoölogy), capitalized: a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia.
 * 2) of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl

Antonyms

 * occidental

Noun

 * 1) Oriental (capitalized) native of the East, or Asiatic, native, resident of the Orient
 * 2) A person from the Orient, or with ancestry from the Orient.
 * Note: this term is considered by some to be objectionable in American English.

Thesaurus 1
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

Thesaurus 2
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

Etymology
From oriens:

Adjective

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: oriëntaal,
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
 * German:
 * Russian:

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * German:

Derived terms

 * orientalism
 * orientalist
 * oriental rug
 * oriental cuisine
 * oriental tongue
 * orientality
 * orientalise/orientalize
 * Oriental Region
 * oriental turquoise

Related terms

 * Orient

Anagrams

 * relation
 * tenorial

Adjective

 * 1) eastern

Adjective

 * 1) Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.

Anagrams

 * enrôlait
 * relation

Adjective

 * 1) eastern
 * 2) Oriental

Antonyms

 * occidental

Related terms

 * occidental
 * meridional/sureño
 * septentrional/norteño