sf wrote:

>> I've never seen anything wrong with "Oriental" as a synonym for "Far
>> Eastern" tho
>
> I was taught that you name your country in the "far East" (like China)
> and Oriental refers to the Middle East. Think "oriental" rugs.

Merriam-Webster says: "of, relating to, or constituting the biogeographic
region that includes Asia south and southeast of the Himalayas and the Malay
Archipelago west of Wallace's line"

Bob