On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally oriental chicken anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of Occident, the Western World.

The term oriental is often used to describe objects from the Orient. Administrative Dioceses of the Roman Empire, c. The Land of the Rising Sun” to refer to Japan. Historically, the Mashriq was the southern part of the Eastern Roman Empire. Many ancient temples, including pagan temples and the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, were built with their main entrances facing the East.

This tradition was carried on in Christian churches. English, in favour of “Western world”. Late Roman Diocese of the Orient, c. Over time, the common understanding of “the Orient” has continually shifted eastwards, as European people travelled farther into Asia. It finally reached the Pacific Ocean, in what Westerners came to call “the Far East”. In European historiography, the meaning of “the Orient” changed in scope several times. Originally, the term referred to Egypt, the Levant, and adjoining areas as far west as Morocco.

The adjectival term Oriental has been used by the West to mean cultures, peoples, countries, Asian rugs, and goods from the Orient. In more local uses, “oriental” is also used for eastern parts of countries such as Morocco’s Oriental Region. Oriental” may also be used as an synonym of “eastern”, especially in Romance languages. English of “Orientalism” to describe academic “Oriental studies” is rare: the Oxford English Dictionary cites only one such usage, by Lord Byron in 1812. British Asians as a whole make up approximately 9.

People in the United Kingdom from Western Asia, Asia Minor and Near East are often referred to as “Middle Eastern”. Syriac Arameans, Mandeans, Shabakis and Turvomans among others. Harem Pool by the Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme c. The term Oriental may sound dated or even taken as pejorative by some, particularly when used as a noun. In 2016, President Obama signed New York Congresswoman Grace Meng’s legislation H. 4238 replacing the word with Asian American in federal law. The Chinese word 东方 is translated as “oriental” in the official English names of several entities, e.