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"Oriental" has been used by [[Western world|the West]] as a term to describe cultures, countries, peoples and goods from the Orient.  Some usages of Oriental are still common, for example, [[Mizrahi]] [[Jew]]s (native to the Middle East) are often referred to as Oriental Jews and it is common in older universities: the [[University of London]]'s [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], the [[University of Chicago]]'s Oriental Institute and the Universities of [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] both have a Faculty of Oriental Studies that focuses on the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia.  The [[American Oriental Society]] remains the premier body for the study of Oriental societies.
 
"Oriental" has been used by [[Western world|the West]] as a term to describe cultures, countries, peoples and goods from the Orient.  Some usages of Oriental are still common, for example, [[Mizrahi]] [[Jew]]s (native to the Middle East) are often referred to as Oriental Jews and it is common in older universities: the [[University of London]]'s [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], the [[University of Chicago]]'s Oriental Institute and the Universities of [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] both have a Faculty of Oriental Studies that focuses on the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia.  The [[American Oriental Society]] remains the premier body for the study of Oriental societies.
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Oriental is also used as an adjective akin to "eastern", especially in the Spanish-speaking world.  For example, the [[Philippines|Philippine]] island [[Mindoro]] is divided into two provinces whose titles include the words "oriental" and "occidental" respectively.  [[Uruguay]] used to be known as the República Oriental del Uruguay because it was located to the east of the [[Rio de la Plata]].
      
== Derivation ==
 
== Derivation ==
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