oriental

adj : denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region

including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as

far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental

politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian

ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'";

"Asian ancestry" [syn: {Asian}]

n : a member of an Oriental race [syn: {Oriental}, {oriental

person}]