Eastern / Oriental
adjectivemasculine/feminine/oɾjẽˈtajʃ/high
o·ri·en·tais
Definitions
1Relating to or belonging to the East, especially the Far East (Asia).
Eastern philosophies, such as Buddhism, have many followers in the West.
The exhibition features 17th-century Oriental tapestries.
Common collocations
eastern countrieseastern cultureseastern artseastern languages
2People native to or inhabitants of the East.
Many Easterners migrated to Europe in recent decades.
The community of Orientals in the city is quite large.
Common collocations
Eastern inhabitantsEastern peoples
Etymology
Do latim 'oriēntālis', de 'oriēns' (nascente, oriente).