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orient
the East, the Orient /oriˈent/
noun#5467 most common
Also: direction of sunrise, Asia (as a cultural/geographic region)
Example sentences
Soarele răsare la orient.
The sun rises in the east.
Ea visează să călătorească în Orient.
She dreams of traveling to the Orient.
Orientul Mijlociu este o regiune plină de istorie.
The Middle East is a region full of history.
Mirodeniile din orient erau foarte căutate în Europa medievală.
Spices from the Orient were highly sought after in medieval Europe.
Comerțul cu Orientul a înflorit de-a lungul Drumului Mătăsii.
Trade with the Orient flourished along the Silk Road.
Fascinația occidentalilor pentru orient a inspirat numeroase opere literare în secolul al XIX-lea.
Westerners' fascination with the Orient inspired numerous literary works in the 19th century.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | orient | orienturi |
| Genitive | orientului | orienturilor |
| Accusative | orient | orienturi |
| Vocative | orient | orienturi |
Word family
a orientato orient, to guide
orientareorientation, guidance
orientatoriented
orientaloriental, eastern; an Easterner
dezorientatdisoriented
Etymology
Romanian "orient" was borrowed from French "orient" during the 19th-century relatinization of Romanian vocabulary. The French word goes back to Latin "oriens, orientis", the present participle of "oriri", meaning "to rise". It originally named the point on the horizon where the sun rises, and from there came to mean the East as a direction and later as a cultural region.
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