The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word Ἀσία, first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE) in reference to Anatolia or to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. It originally was just a name for the east bank of the Aegean Sea, an area known to the Hittites as Assuwa.

Transcontinental or intercontinental states are sovereign states that have some portion of their territory geographically divided between at least two continents. Most non-contiguous transcontinental countries are countries with overseas territories.

“Oriental” means generally “eastern”. It is a traditional designation (especially when capitalized) for anything belonging to the Orient or “East” (for Asia), and especially of its Eastern culture.

Explanation: The Orient is a historical term for the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe. Originally, the term Orient was used to designate the Near East, and later its meaning evolved and expanded, designating also the Middle East or the Far East.

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The term Asiaten means the people of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Another word for Orient in German is Morgenland (now mainly poetic), which literally translates as “morning land”. The antonym “Abendland” is also mainly poetic, and refers to (Western) Europe.

England is a pioneer country in industrialisation…the country’s industries widely expand their share in world market..

There is no geographical difference between “Asian” and “Oriental.” “Asian” refers to a person from the continent of Asia, the largest continent in the world, which includes China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran, among others. The word “Oriental” comes from the Latin “orient,” meaning Eastern.

In British English, the term Oriental is used to refer to people from East and Southeast Asia (such as those from China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mongolia and Laos).

Oriental means eastern. If you stand on the west of Turkey, Turkey is an eastern country. If you stand on the east of Turkey, Turkey is a western country. If you are a Euro-centric (or US-centric for that matter), small-minded individual, anything from Turkey to Japan is basically “oriental” for you.

: to find out where one is The hikers stopped to orient themselves by looking at their map.

1[usually passive] orient somebody/something (to/toward somebody/something) to direct someone or something toward something; to make or adapt someone or something for a particular purpose Our students are oriented toward science subjects.

Both “orient” and “orientate” are verbs meaning to align or position yourself; to work out where you are within a particular situation or environment.

Although there is no real difference in meaning or function between the two words, there is clearly a better choice, and that is oriented. Oriented is a more straightforward, clear word form, and Garner’s Modern American Usage calls orientated a needless variant.

Yes, it is. Most standard dictionaries list the word. Both ‘disoriented’ and ‘disorientated’ have more or less the same meaning. Like ‘disoriented’, the word ‘disorientated’ can be used to mean ‘to cause someone to lose their sense of direction’.

(of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.

The word orientated is a meaningless variation on the word, and it is most likely the result of people thinking that “orientated” is the past verb form of the noun “orientation.” Instead, the verb form is oriented.

To be oriented is to be positioned in a direction relative to something or someplace else, and it’s often used with the prepositions “toward” or “away from.” In order to find our way home, we should be oriented toward the north. You can be oriented towards or away from all sorts of things, not only geographic ones.