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noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
adjective denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
originFrom Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“to rise”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0