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The Orient is usually an archaic term for Asia.
Orient may also refer to:
History
- Ancient Orient, designation for the Ancient Near East
- Hellenistic Orient, designation for the Hellenistic Near East
- Roman Orient (disambiguation), designation for eastern regions of the Roman Empire, in particular:
- Diocese of the Orient, an administrative diocese in eastern parts of the Roman Empire
- Prefecture of the Orient, a praetorian prefecture in eastern parts of the Roman Empire
- Persian Orient, designation for territorial scope of several successive Persian Empires
- Ottoman Orient, designation for regions of the Ottoman Empire in the Near East
Places
- Australia
- Orient, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook
- Cuba
- Oriente (province), a former province
- Morocco
- Philippines
- Negros Oriental, a province
- Switzerland
- L'Orient, Switzerland, a village
- United States
- Orient, Illinois
- Orient, Iowa
- Orient, Maine
- Orient, New York
- Orient Beach State Park
- Orient Long Beach Bar Light, a lighthouse
- Orient Point, New York
- Orient Point Light, a lighthouse
- Oriental, North Carolina
- Orient, Ohio
- Orient, South Dakota
- Orient, Texas
- Orient, Washington
- Orient Heights, a section of East Boston, Massachusetts
- Orient Heights (MBTA station), a transit station
- Orient Township, Michigan
Business
Airlines
- Air Orient, a former French airline
- Filipinas Orient Airways, a former Philippines airline
- Orient Airways (1946–1955), an airline based in India
- Orient Eagle Airways, an airline based in Kazakhstan
- Orient Thai Airlines, an airline based in Thailand
Banking
- Bank of the Orient, an overseas Chinese bank
- Orient Loan, a Korean bank company
- United Orient Bank, an overseas Chinese bank
Shipping
- Orient Overseas Container Line, a Hong Kong-based container shipping company
- Orient Steam Navigation Company (the "Orient Line"), a former British shipping company
- Orient Lines, a cruise line in operation 1993–2008
Other Businesses
- Orient Watch, a Japanese watch company
- Orient Bikes, a Greek bicycle manufacturer
- Orient Paper Mills, located in India
- Orient Energy Systems, a power and electronics company based in Karachi, Pakistan
- China Orient Asset Management
Masonic organizations
Ships
- Oriental was a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1839
- French ship Orient, several ships
- M/V Orient Queen, a Lebanese-owned cruise ship
- Orient (sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon in the late 1800s
- Orient (clipper ship), which traded between England and Adelaide from 1857 to 1877
Sports
- Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "Orient".
- Loughton Orient F.C., an English football club
- FC Lorient, a French football club, known as L'orient.
Other uses
- Oriental (Albéniz), a composition by Isaac Albéniz
- Mongoloid, the "Oriental" race
- Oriental, an alternative name for the natives of Uruguay, also known as República Oriental del Uruguay
- The Orient, an English language Turkish newspaper
- The Bowdoin Orient, a student newspaper at Bowdoin College in the U.S. state of Maine
- Orient (automobile), an early American automobile
- Orient: A Hero's Heritage, a computer role-playing game
- Orient Hospital, a former Lebanese hospital
- Orient House, headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem in the 1980s and '90s
- Oriental tobacco, see Turkish tobacco
- Henry Orient, a fictional character in the novel and film The World of Henry Orient
See also
References
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