Orient (disambiguation)

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The Orient (meaning "the East") is a term that refers to areas of Asia.

Orient or Oriental may also refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Business 2.1 Airlines 2.2 Banking 2.3 Shipping 2.4 Other businesses 3 Masonic organizations 4 Ships 5 Sports 6 Other uses 7 See also

[edit] Places

Cuba

• Oriente, a former province

Mexico

• Oriental (Puebla), A municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla

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
• Orient, Ohio
• Orient, South Dakota
• Orient Heights, a section of East Boston, Massachusetts
  • Orient Heights (MBTA station), a transit station
• Orient Township, Michigan

[edit] Business

[edit] 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

[edit] Banking

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

[edit] Shipping

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

[edit] Other businesses

• Orient Bikes, a Greek bicycle manufacturer
• Orient Paper Mills, located in India
• Orient Power Company, Karachi, Pakistan
• Orient Watch, a Japanese watch company

[edit] Masonic organizations

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

[edit] Ships

• French ship Orient, several ships
• M/V Orient Queen, a Lebanese-owned cruise ship

[edit] Sports

• Leyton Orient F.C., an English football club, often known just as "Orient".
• Loughton Orient F.C., an English football club

[edit] Other uses

• 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 (perfumery), a concept or family of Perfumes.

[edit] See also

• Orient Express (disambiguation)