Oriental

  1. Adjective.  in, of or otherwise related to the Orient.
  2. Adjective.  or, like or otherwise relating to the Oriental people and culture.
  3. Adjective.  of or relating to the biogeographic part of Asia south of the Himalayas, including part of the Malay archipelago.
  4. Noun.  A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
  5. Noun.  A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
  6. Adjective.  eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.
  7. Adjective.  ''(zoölogy), capitalized:'' a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia.
  8. Adjective.  of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl.
  9. Noun.  '''Oriental''' (capitalized) native of the East, or Asiatic, native, resident of the Orient.
  10. Noun.  A person from the Orient, or with ancestry from the Orient.

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