Orient

See orient.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/
• (dialectal, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ɹi.ənt/
• Hyphenation: Ori‧ent

Orient

1. 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

2. (dated) The countries east of the Mediterranean.

• oriental
• orientalia
• orientalist
• Orient Express

Orient

1. A city and town in Illinois.
2. A city and town in Iowa.
3. A town in Maine.
4. A census-designated place and hamlet in New York.
5. A town and village in South Dakota.

• Orient Point

Orient (plural Orients)

1. A pear cultivar from the United States

• Orient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• trione, norite, tonier, tronie, Ireton, iteron, tin ore, netori, Tierno, retino-

• IPA^(key): [ˈorɪjɛnt]

Orient m inan

1. Orient

Orient m

1. Orient

• oriental

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Orient m (strong, genitive Orients, no plural)

1. Orient

   Synonym: Morgenland

   Antonyms: Abendland, Okzident

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.

• orientalisch

• “Orient” in Duden online
• “Orient” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Learned borrowing from Latin orientis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.rjɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrjɛnt
• Syllabification: O‧rient

Orient m inan

1. (politics) East (Eastern World)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

2. (historical, politics) East (Eastern block, Eastern Europe)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

3. (politics) East (Eastern Europe, non-Cold War concept)

   Synonym: Wschód

   Coordinate term: Okcydent

• Orient in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Orient in Polish dictionaries at PWN