The Orient is usually a historic term for the Eastern world (as contrasted with the Occident).
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 Orient, Queensland, Australia L'Orient, Brittany, France L'Orient, Switzerland Oriental, Puebla, Mexico Oriental, Morocco Oriente, a former province of Cuba Negros Oriental, a province of the Philippines Oriental Republic of Uruguay
United States Orient, Illinois Orient, Iowa Orient, Maine Orient, New York Orient Beach State Park Orient Point, New York 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
Buildings The Orient Building, a historic building in Hollywood, California Orient Hospital, a former Lebanese hospital Orient House, headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem in the 1980s and '90s
Arts and entertainment Orient (1924 film) (German title: Orient - Die Tochter der Wüste), a German silent film Orient (1928 film) (German title: Frauenraub in Marokko), a German silent film Orient (novel), a 2015 novel by Christopher Bollen Orientalism (book), a 1978 book by Edward W. Said Orient (manga), by Shinobu Ohtaka Orient: A Hero's Heritage, a computer role-playing game Henry Orient, a fictional character in the novel and film The World of Henry Orient Oriental (Albéniz), a composition by Isaac Albéniz Oriental music (disambiguation) Orient (festival), a music festival held in the Baltic countries
Business
Airlines Air Orient, a former French airline Filipinas Orient Airways, a former Philippines airline Orient Airways (1946–1955), a former airline based in India Orient Eagle Airways, a former Kazakh airline Orient Thai Airlines, a former Thai airline
Banking China Orient Asset Management M Oriental Bank, formerly Oriental Commercial Bank Limited, a commercial bank in Kenya OFG Bancorp, or Oriental Bank, a financial holding company in San Juan, Puerto Rico Oriental Bank which merged with Consolidated National Bank of New York in 1909 to form National Reserve Bank Oriental Bank Corporation, a British imperial bank founded in India in 1842 Oriental Bank of Commerce, a former Indian public sector bank Oriental Bank PLC, or Oriental Bank, a commercial bank founded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2021
Shipping Orient Lines, a cruise line in operation 1993–2008 Orient Overseas Container Line, a Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Steam Navigation Company (the "Orient Line"), a former British shipping company
Other businesses Orient Bikes, a Greek bicycle manufacturer Orient Insurance, a major insurance company in Dubai, U.A.E. owned by Al-Futtaim Group Orient Paper Mills, located in India Orient Watch, a Japanese watch company Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, a railroad line in West Texas
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, a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1839 , wrecked on the Outer Banks in 1862 , several ships , the name of multiple ships , a steamboat in Oregon in the late 1800s , which traded between England and Adelaide from 1857 to 1877
Sports Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "Orient" FC Lorient, a French football club, known as Lorient
Schools and universities School of Oriental and African Studies, aka SOAS University of London, in London, UK Oriental College, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Oriental University, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Newspapers and magazines , a Lebanese newspaper The Bowdoin Orient, a student newspaper at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
Other uses Orient (automobile), an early American automobile El Oriental (born 1972), Mexican freestyle wrestler Oriental (cat) or Oriental Shorthair, a breed of domestic cat Oriental tobacco Oriental Warehouse in San Francisco, California, US Mongoloid or "Oriental", obsolete racial classification
See also Orient Express (disambiguation) Oriental dragon (disambiguation) Oriental Hotel (disambiguation) Oriental Institute (disambiguation) Oriental Pearl (disambiguation) Oriental Theatre (disambiguation) The Oriental (disambiguation) Oriente (disambiguation)