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oriental

orien·tal

UK/ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/ US/ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ fairly common
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adjective

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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”
  • “is preferred to”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“to rise”).

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