Definition: oriental

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

oriental
     adj : denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region
           including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as
           far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental
           politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian
           ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'";
           "Asian ancestry" [syn: Asian]
     n : a member of an Oriental race [syn: Oriental, oriental
         person]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
   Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
   with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as,
   Oriental countries.

         The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Oriental, NC (town, FIPS 49380)
  Location: 35.03471 N, 76.68458 W
  Population (1990): 786 (487 housing units)
  Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 28571