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:

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

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