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Meanings of Oriental in English
Catalan
oriental A member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
Usage of Oriental in English
1
The English in India were taking their first lessons in Oriental intrigue.
2
The words of the old Oriental lingered in the mind of Artois.
3
New Oriental covered travel expenses for tours to various cities in China.
4
The Oriental Brewery-Hite duopoly controls 90 percent of South Korea's beer market.
5
A key to the Oriental species of the genus is also given.
6
That Oriental taste notoriously abides in the hearts of the Chosen People.
7
The dog is hardly repressible in the streets of an Oriental town.
8
There is something of the Oriental about the Belgians and the French.
9
The furniture of the room is in rich, rather vulgar Oriental taste.
10
Hence both sides of the cañon present successive miles of Oriental tapestry.
11
The food today with Christchurch chef, Phillip Kraal from Bamboozle Oriental Fusion.
12
Jefferies & Co acted as financial advisor on the deal, Oriental said.
13
The usual Oriental rules prevailed as to the intercourse of the sexes.
14
The Oriental communities within the range of this history, are the following:-
15
Alompra is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Oriental history.
16
He accepted a call to the chair of Oriental languages in Columbia.
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Oriental through the time
Oriental across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common