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No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.
Jane Elliot

Meaning of "the Orient" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE ORIENT

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WHAT DOES THE ORIENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

the Orient

Orient

The Orient means the East. It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Middle East or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the Continent of Asia.

Definition of the Orient in the English dictionary

The definition of the Orient in the dictionary is the countries east of the Mediterranean. Other definition of the Orient is the eastern hemisphere.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE ORIENT

the one
the Oneida
the only
the open
the Open College
the Open University
the opposite sex
the opposition
the order
the ordnance
the Ordovician
the other
the other day
the other place
the other side of the coin
the other thing
the others
the outward man
the Oval
the Oval Office

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE ORIENT

abiturient
aperient
client
disorient
esurient
hirrient
innutrient
inquisiturient
Lorient
macronutrient
micronutrient
misorient
nutrient
orient
parturient
prurient
reorient
scaturient
supernutrient
Trient
unexperient

Synonyms and antonyms of the Orient in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Orient» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE ORIENT

Find out the translation of the Orient to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Orient from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Orient» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

东方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Oriente
570 millions of speakers

English

the Orient
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओरिएंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ориент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Oriente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওরিয়েন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´Orient
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orient
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Orient
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オリエント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동양
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing Wétan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Phương Đông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓரியண்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओरिएंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oryant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´Oriente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Orient
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Орієнт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Orient
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το Orient
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Ooste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Orienten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Orienten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Orient

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE ORIENT»

The term «the Orient» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the Orient
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE ORIENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Orient» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Orient» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Orient

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5 QUOTES WITH «THE ORIENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Orient.
1
Jane Elliot
No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.
2
J. B. Priestley
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
3
Paul Rand
In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.
4
Morley Safer
Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.
5
Edward Said
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE ORIENT»

Discover the use of the Orient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Orient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
North to the Orient
Originally published: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1935.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1963
2
Orientalism
Now reissued with a substantial new afterword, this highly acclaimed overview of Western attitudes towards the East has become one of the canonical texts of cultural studies.
Edward W. Said, 2006
3
Displaying the Orient: Architecture of Islam at ...
Gathering architectural pieces from all over the world, the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 introduced to fairgoers the notion of an imaginary journey, a new tourism en place.
Zeynep Çelik, 1992
4
The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs ...
"This is a brilliant book that challenges basic assumptions of Orientalism and Orientalists in general, and of studies of Israeli society in particular.
Gil Eyal, 2006
5
Recovering the Orient: Artists, Scholars, Appropriations
This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.
C. Andrew Gerstle, Anthony Crothers Milner, 1995
6
Representations of the Orient in Western Music: Violence and ...
Nasser Al-Taee is the director of Education and Outreach at the Royal Opera House, Muscat, Oman.
Nasser Al-Taee, 2010
7
Translating the Orient: The Reception of Sakuntala in ...
An examination of how Europeans projected their own cultural needs upon India, this study reveals the forces that caused an important Sanskrit text to be distorted in translation, criticism, and adaptation, and isolates the linguistic ...
Dorothy Matilda Figueira, 1991
8
Thea Stilton and the Mystery on the Orient Express: A ...
Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship! The Thea Sisters are boarding the famouse Orient Express for a journey from Paris to Istanbul!
Thea Stilton, 2012
9
The Orient on the Victorian Stage
Explores the impact of the Middle East and the Orient on writing and performance in nineteenth-century British theatre.
Edward Ziter, 2003
10
Dante and the Orient
" "In Dante and the Orient, Schildgen argues that Dante's treatment of the East enabled him to use the rhetoric employed in crusade narratives and other travel literature to oppose the military and polemic goals of the Crusades and to plead ...
Brenda Deen Schildgen, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE ORIENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Orient is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Kenneth Branagh To Direct Murder on the Orient Express; Marvel …
“But, he just got an offer to direct Murder on the Orient Express at Fox. So, I don't know if it is going to happen or not. They're thinking about bringing him back ... «Business 2 Community, Jun 15»
2
Kenneth Branagh to Direct 'Murder on the Orient Express'
Fox's Murder on the Orient Express remake is slowly but surely chugging along, now with a new director. Kenneth Branagh is in talks to helm the new adaptation ... «/FILM, Jun 15»
3
Victim of fatal accident on Route 3 in Rutherford identified
RUTHERFORD — Authorities have identified the victim who was killed on Monday, June 8 when a container on a truck slammed into the Orient Way overpass ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»
4
Pearl of the Orient struggles to survive Van Aken construction
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- For 37 years, Rose Wong made the same left turn from Farnsleigh Road into her restaurant, Pearl of the Orient. Today, making that ... «cleveland.com, Jun 15»
5
The BBC boss, the secret safe and the prostitute on the Orient Express
A former chairman of the BBC governors used a prostitute on the Orient Express and claimed back the cost on expenses, it has been alleged. Jean Seaton, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
6
Doctor Who Recap: "Mummy on the Orient Express"
“Murder on the Orient Express” – Written by Jamie Mathieson. Directed by Paul Wilmshurst. Guest starring Frank Skinner, Foxes, and David Bamber. «The Mary Sue, Oct 14»
7
Doctor Who: “Mummy On The Orient Express”
When the time comes to write the final accounting of the 12th Doctor—and hopefully we won't need to do that for a little while yet—“Mummy On The Orient ... «A.V. Club DC, Oct 14»
8
Can any train ride match the Orient Express for glamor and sheer …
In 1883, what was to become the iconic Orient Express train pulled out of Paris' Gare de l'Est on its maiden voyage to Istanbul, or Constantinople as it was ... «CNN, Apr 14»
9
All Aboard the Orient Local
The farthest east I got on that trip was Budapest, but ever since then I've hoped I might one day retrace one of the great overland routes to the east, the Orient ... «New York Times, Apr 14»
10
The Orient Express Gets Back on Track
In a first step to bringing a railroad legend back to life, France's SNCF has restored an original Orient Express train in the center of Paris. The national rail ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 14»

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