Dan Abel > wrote in news:dabel-8C4051.08574905062009@c-61-
68-245-199.per.connect.net.au:

> Also, and maybe even more importantly, the part of the definition you
> left in above refers to "a person from the Far East", a noun. The part
> you cut says the noun is dated and may be offensive, but the adjective
> is merely dated.

It can still be used as a geographic term: Occidental / Oriental, much like
we also use Septentrional / Meridional.

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