ORIENT EXPRESS, THE


Meaning of ORIENT EXPRESS, THE in English

ˌOrient Exˈpress, the BrE AmE

a famous ↑ luxury railway train, used especially by rich people. It used to run(1883–1977) between Paris and Istanbul in Turkey, but there is now a luxury Orient Express train that goes from London to Venice. The train appears in many stories, including Agatha ↑ Christie 's novel Murder on the Orient Express (1934), which was also made into a film.

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