Orient
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The Orient is a term which means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything belonging to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym describing various parts of Asia. It was also used to indicate the eastern direction in historical astronomy as the adjective Oriental.
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See also
- Occidental ("Western")
- Austral or meridional ("Southern")
- Boreal or septentrional ("Northern")
- Asian
- Metonymy
- Levant
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Eastern world
- Orient Express
- Orient Watch
- Orientalism
- Orientalizing Period of Archaic Greek art
- Political correctness
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
- Western world
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