oriental
1. [ adjective ] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines, Borneo and Java
Synonyms: Asian
Examples:

"for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"

Related terms: eastern
2. [ noun ] a member of an Oriental race
Synonyms: oriental_person
Related terms: Asian yellow_woman yellow_man gook Evenki Mongol Yellow_race
Similar spelling:   orient
  orientalize
  orientalist
  orientalism
  orientalise
  orientate
  orientated
  orientation
  orientating
  oriented
  orienting
  Orantes
  Orontium