Orient
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See also: orient
Englisch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See orient.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/, /ˈɒɹ.ɪ-/
- Hyphenation: Ori‧ent
Proper noun
[edit]Orient
- Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia).
- Antonym: Occident
- (dated) The countries east of the Mediterranean.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]countries of Asia — see East
Proper noun
[edit]Orient
- A city and town in Illinois.
- A city and town in Iowa.
- A town in Maine.
- A census-designated place and hamlet in New York.
- A town and village in South Dakota.
Derived terms
[edit]Nomen
[edit]Orient (plural Orients)
- A pear cultivar from the United States
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Orient m inan
Declension
[edit]French
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Orient m
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Nomen
[edit]Orient m (strong, genitive Orients, no plural)
- Orient
- Synonym: Morgenland
- Antonyms: Abendland, Okzident
Usage notes
[edit]In sharp contrast to English, the term does not cover East Asia. It is primarily associated with the Muslim world around the Mediterranean, but in a wider sense also covers India.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Orient [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin orientis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Orient m inan
- (politics) East (Eastern World)
- (historical, politics) East (Eastern block, Eastern Europe)
- (politics) East (Eastern Europe, non-Cold War concept)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Orient
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
adverb
nouns
Further reading
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- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Towns in Illinois, USA
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- en:Places in Illinois, USA
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- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Census-designated places in New York, USA
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- en:Towns in South Dakota, USA
- en:Villages in South Dakota, USA
- en:Places in South Dakota, USA
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Pear cultivars
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔrjɛnt
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔrjɛnt/2 syllables
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- pl:Politics
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