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by
impulsenine
Sat Feb 09 2002 at 5:49:24
The Orient
, as a noun, is a
generic term
used for the
Far East
. From about
600 AD
,
Christian cartographers
made
T-O Maps
, which looked
rough
ly like a T
inscribe
d in an O (see
teleny
's
T-O Map
writeup
).
The Orient went on top of the map (the East was at the top), and from this practice, we gained the English word "Orient" as a verb: to position something, particularly a map, so that it faces the way that the observer faces.
Sources:
Daniel J. Boorstin's wonderful book, "
The Discoverers
p. 101"
Etymology
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