Orient (disambiguation)

The Orient is usually a historic term for the Eastern world (as contrasted with the Occident).

Orient or Oriental may also refer to:

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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

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)

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

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

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
South Orient Railroad a railroad line in West Texas

Oriental, 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

Orient (automobile), an early American automobile
The Orient (newspaper), see Confiscation of Armenian properties in Turkey
Orient Hospital, a former Lebanese hospital
Orient House, headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem in the 1980s and '90s
El Oriental (born 1972), Mexican freestyle wrestler
Oriental (cat) or Oriental Shorthair, a breed of domestic cat
Oriental College, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Oriental tobacco
Oriental University, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Mongoloid, the "Oriental" race
The Bowdoin Orient, a student newspaper at Bowdoin College in the U.S. state of Maine
An alternative name for the natives of the República Oriental del Uruguay