oriental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia

   Oriental civilization.

Common collocations

• oriental alabaster Adjective + noun

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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