Orient (disambiguation)

Orient is Latin for "east"

The Orient is usually an archaic term for Asia.

Orient may also refer to:

Places

Cuba

• Oriente, a former province

Morocco

• Oriental, a region

Philippines

• Negros Oriental, a province

Switzerland

• L'Orient, Switzerland, a village

United States

• Orient, Illinois
• Orient, Iowa
• Orient, Maine
• Orient, New York
  • Orient Beach State Park
  • Orient Long Beach Bar Light, a lighthouse
  • Orient Point, New York
  • Orient Point Light, a lighthouse
• Oriental, North Carolina
• Orient, Ohio
• 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

Business

Airlines

• Air Orient, a former French airline
• Filipinas Orient Airways, a former Philippines airline
• Orient Airways (1946–1955), an airline based in India
• Orient Eagle Airways, an airline based in Kazakhstan
• Orient Thai Airlines, an airline based in Thailand

Banking

• Bank of the Orient, an overseas Chinese bank
• Orient Loan, a Korean bank company
• United Orient Bank, an overseas Chinese bank

Shipping

• Orient Overseas Container Line, a Hong Kong-based contained shipping company
• Orient Steam Navigation Company (the "Orient Line"), a former British shipping company

Other Businesses

• Orient Watch, a Japanese watch company
• Orient Bikes, a Greek bicycle manufacturer
• Orient Paper Mills, located in India
• Orient Energy Systems, a power and electronics company based in Karachi, Pakistan

Masonic organizations

• Grand Orient de France
• Grand Orient de Suisse
• Grand Orient du Congo
• Grand Orient of Belgium
• Grand Orient of Luxembourg

Ships

• French ship Orient, several ships
• M/V Orient Queen, a Lebanese-owned cruise ship
• Packet sailing ship Orient of "Anderson, Thompson and Co." (ex. "James Thomson and Co.") - 1866 year. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet Orient saw the company trade as "The Orient Line of Packets", regularly shortened to "Orient Line".

Sports

• Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "L. Orient".
• Loughton Orient F.C., an English football club
• FC Lorient, a French football club, known as L'orient.

Other uses

• Oriental (Albéniz), a composition by Isaac Albéniz
• Mongoloid, the "Oriental" race
• Oriental, an alternative name for the natives of Uruguay, also known as República Oriental del Uruguay
• The Orient, an English language Turkish newspaper
• The Bowdoin Orient, a student newspaper at Bowdoin College in Maine, USA
• Orient (automobile), an early American automobile
• Orient: A Hero's Heritage, a computer role-playing game
• Orient Hospital, a former Lebanese hospital
• Orient House, headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem in the 1980s and 90s
• Oriental tobacco, see Turkish tobacco

See also

• Orient Express (disambiguation)
• Oriente (disambiguation)
• L'Orient