Orient (disambiguation)
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Orient is Latin for "east"
The Orient is usually an archaic term for Asia.
Orient may also refer to:
Places
- Cuba
- Oriente, a former province
- Morocco
- Oriental, a region
- 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 contained shipping company
- Orient Steam Navigation Company (the "Orient Line"), a former British shipping company
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
Masonic organizations
- Grand Orient de France
- Grand Orient de Suisse
- Grand Orient du Congo
- Grand Orient of Belgium
- Grand Orient of Luxembourg
Ships
- French ship Orient, several ships
- M/V Orient Queen, a Lebanese-owned cruise ship
- Packet sailing ship Orient of "Anderson, Thompson and Co." (ex. "James Thomson and Co.") - 1866 year. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet Orient saw the company trade as "The Orient Line of Packets", regularly shortened to "Orient Line".[1]
Sports
- Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "L. 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 Maine, USA
- 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
See also
References
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