Orient
Where sun rises
The Orient is an old-fashioned and now somewhat dated term for East Asia and its cultures—China, Japan, Korea, and surrounding regions.
The word reflects a European perspective, naming these lands by their direction from Europe.
Spices from the Orient, the mysteries of the Orient.
The term Oriental for people is now considered offensive in American English, though Orient itself persists in some formal or historical contexts: the Orient Express. (Lowercase orient means to position or align.)
Asia
Largest continental landmass
jade · silk · spice · bazaar · pagoda · chinoiserie · occidental · Levant · Ottoman · lacquer
- Eastern regionsFar East, Middle East, Near East, Eastern Europe, East Asia
- Easteast, eastern, eastbound, easterly, eastward
- pearsAnjou, Bartlett, Bosc, Asian pear, Williams
- London FootballArsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace
- Napoleonic EgyptNapoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, French fleet, Rosetta Stone, Mamluks
- Central OhioColumbus, Dublin, Worthington, Powell, Delaware
OrientOccident
Western civilization collectively
Western civilization · Europe · Christendom · Americas · Western Europe
OrientOccident
Western civilization collectively
West · western · sunset · occidental
Orientdisorient
Cause mental confusion
disoriented · lose one's bearings · confuse · bewilder · get lost
- sexual orientationAttraction pattern by gender
- Orient ExpressFamed continental passenger railway
- orientation weekUniversity newcomer introduction period
- freshman orientationIntroductory event for newcomers
- orientation dayNewcomer introduction event
- oriental rugEastern-style woven floor covering
orientation, disoriented, disorient, orientate, reorient, oriental, disorientation, orientated, orientations