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The Orient

Cultural  
  1. Term referring to Asia. Orient means “the East,” as opposed to Occident, “the West.”


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The Orient Express it wasn’t, but every meal hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

The Orient Express was a passenger train service originally running from Paris to which other terminal city?

From Slate Sep. 13, 2023

The Orient Express — officially called the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express — has been rolling across Europe for 38 years, before recently being sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic.

From Washington Post Jul. 4, 2020

“If you’re casting them for the right reasons, then a big name is brilliant,” says Barrett, who got Kenneth Branagh to narrate Murder On The Orient Express.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2019

The Orient Express had started on its three-days’ journey across Europe.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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