Asian vs. Oriental

Asianadjective

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

Asiannoun

a native or inhabitant of Asia

Asianadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture;

Asianadjective

denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java;

Orientaladjective

alternative case form of Oriental

Orientalnoun

alternative case form of Oriental

Orientaladjective

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; - opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

Orientalnoun

A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

Orientalnoun

Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

Orientalnoun

a member of an Oriental race

Orientaladjective

denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java;

Orientaladjective

of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia

Orientaladjective

relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats.

Orientaladjective

(of a pearl or other jewel) orient.

Orientalnoun

a person of East Asian descent.