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Oriental and Occidental Definitions

Oriental

Often Oriental Of or relating to the countries of the Orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern.

Occidental

Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western.

Oriental

Oriental(Biology) Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes South Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains and Southeast Asia from southern China to Borneo.

Occidental

A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner.

Oriental

Of or relating to the Oriental Orthodox Church.
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Occidental

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
Occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Oriental

Lustrous and valuable
Oriental pearls.

Occidental

Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.

Oriental

Of or relating to a genuine or superior gem
An oriental ruby.

Occidental

A Western Christian of the Latin rite
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Oriental

Relating to or designating corundum that resembles another stone in color.

Occidental

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; - opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Oriental

Often Offensive An Asian, especially a South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian.

Occidental

Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; - used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.

Oriental

A domestic cat of a breed developed in Britain from the Siamese and other breeds, having a long slender body and either a long or short coat in a wide variety of colors and patterns.
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Occidental

A native inhabitant of the Occident

Oriental

Alternative case form of Oriental

Occidental

An artificial language

Oriental

Alternative case form of Oriental

Occidental

Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere;
Occidental civilization
Hesperian culture

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.

Oriental

A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

Oriental

Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

Oriental

A member of an Oriental race

Oriental

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

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