Orient (disambiguation)

The Orient is usually a historic term for Asia.

Orient or Oriental may also refer to:

History

• Ancient Orient, designation for the Ancient Near East
• Hellenistic Orient, designation for the Hellenistic Near East
• Roman Orient (disambiguation), designation for eastern regions of the Roman Empire, in particular:
  • Diocese of the Orient, an administrative diocese in eastern parts of the Roman Empire
  • Prefecture of the Orient, a praetorian prefecture in eastern parts of the Roman Empire
• Persian Orient, designation for territorial scope of several successive Persian Empires
• Ottoman Orient, designation for regions of the Ottoman Empire in the Near East

Places

Australia

• Orient, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook

Cuba

• Oriente (province), a former province

Morocco

• Oriental (Moroccan 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, Oregon
• 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 container shipping company
• Orient Steam Navigation Company (the "Orient Line"), a former British shipping company
• Orient Lines, a cruise line in operation 1993–2008

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
• Orient Insurance, a major insurance company in Dubai, U.A.E. owned by Al-Futtaim Group
• China Orient Asset Management

Masonic organizations

• Grand Orient de France
• Grand Orient of Switzerland
• Grande Oriente do Brasil
• Grand Orient du Congo
• Grand Orient of Belgium
• Grand Orient of Italy
• Grand Orient of Luxembourg
• Grand Orient of the Netherlands

Ships

• Oriental was a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1839
• French ship Orient, several ships
• M/V Orient Queen, a Lebanese-owned cruise ship
• Orient (sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon in the late 1800s
• Orient (clipper ship), which traded between England and Adelaide from 1857 to 1877

Sports

• Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "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
• Orient (manga), by Shinobu Ohtaka
• Orient (1924 film) (German title: Orient - Die Tochter der Wüste), a German silent film directed by Gennaro Righelli
• Orient (1928 film) (German title: Frauenraub in Marokko), a German silent film directed by Gennaro Righelli
• 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 the U.S. state of Maine
• 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
• Henry Orient, a fictional character in the novel and film The World of Henry Orient

See also

• Oriental Hotel (disambiguation)
• Oriental Theatre (disambiguation)
• Orient Express (disambiguation)
• Oriente (disambiguation)
• L'Orient

References