Oriental

[n] a member of an Oriental race
[adj] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"

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Synonyms

Asian, eastern, oriental person

Related Terms

American Indian, Amerind, antarctic, arctic, austral, Australian aborigine, black, black man, blackfellow, boreal, boy, brown man, burrhead, Bushman, Caucasian, colored person, coon, darky, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, gook