Orient

See orient.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/
• (dialectal, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ɹi.ənt/
• Hyphenation: Ori‧ent

Orient

1. Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia).

   Antonym: Occident

2. (dated) The countries east of the Mediterranean.

• oriental
• orientalia
• orientalist
• Orient Express

Orient

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Denning Township, Franklin County, Illinois.
   2. A township and minor city therein, in Adair County, Iowa.
   3. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
   4. A township in Osceola County, Michigan.
   5. A census-designated place and hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
   6. A census-designated place in Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
   7. A census-designated place in Multnomah County, Oregon.
   8. A small town in Faulk County, South Dakota.
   9. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
   10. A census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington.
2. A rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

• Orient Point

Orient (plural Orients)

1. A pear cultivar from the United States

• Orient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• trione, norite, tonier, tronie, Ireton, iteron, tin ore, netori, Tierno, retino-

• IPA^(key): [ˈorɪjɛnt]

Orient m inan

1. Orient

Borrowed from Latin orientem.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃/

Orient m

1. Orient

• oriental

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Orient m (strong, genitive Orients, no plural)

1. Orient

   Synonym: Morgenland

   Antonyms: Abendland, Okzident

In sharp contrast to English, the term does not cover East Asia. It is primarily associated with the Muslim world around the Mediterranean, but in a wider sense also covers India.

• orientalisch

• “Orient” in Duden online
• “Orient”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Learned borrowing from Latin orientis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.rjɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrjɛnt
• Syllabification: O‧rient

Orient m inan

1. (politics) East (Eastern World)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

2. (historical, politics) East (Eastern block, Eastern Europe)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

3. (politics) East (Eastern Europe, non-Cold War concept)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

• “Orient”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Orient”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)