ORIENTE

Meaning of ORIENTE in English

/aw'rddee en"te/ , n.

1. a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.

2. a province in E Cuba. 2,998,972; 14,132 sq. mi. (36,600 sq. km). Cap.: Santiago de Cuba.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ORIENTE — n 1. east; 2. orient (= peculiar luster of a pearl); Oriente Orient, East; Oriente Extreme Far East
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ORIENTE — Орьенте
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EL ORIENTE — region of eastern Ecuador, comprising the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes and the lowland areas of rain forest in …
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ORIENTE, SÃO PAULO — Орьенте
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ORIENT — oriente (-ar, -al, -alist), ost
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EAST — oriente, ost
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ORIENTITE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈen.ˌtīt; ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_ən.ˌtīt, -ˌen.- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Oriente, province in eastern Cuba, its locality, + English -ite : a …
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CEREMONIAL OBJECT — any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony. Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: LITERATURE: PORTUGUESE
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UCAYALI — departamento of eastern Peru (until 1980 part of Loreto department) spanning the upper and middle sections of the meandering Ucayali …
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TURINA, JOAQUN — born Dec. 9, 1882, Seville, Spain died Jan. 14, 1949, Madrid Spanish composer who helped to promote the national character …
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TENA — town, eastern Ecuador, located in El Oriente region, the tropical rain forest section of Ecuador east of the Andean cordilleras, …
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STEVENSON, TEFILO — born March 29, 1952, Las Tunas, Oriente, Cuba Cuban heavyweight boxer who became the first fighter to win three Olympic …
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA — provincia, southern Cuba, bounded on the west by the province of Granma, on the north by Holgun, on the east …
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RIO DE JANEIRO, PROTOCOL OF — (1942), treaty settling possession of the disputed Oriente region on the border of Peru and Ecuador, arranged by a conference …
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PUYO — town, east-central Ecuador. It lies along an affluent of the Pastaza River near the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains. …
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MART, JOS JULIN — born Jan. 28, 1853, Havana, Cuba died May 19, 1895, Dos Ros in full Jos Julin Mart Y Prez poet …
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LAS TUNAS — provincia, south-central Cuba. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean and on the southwest by the Caribbean …
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GUEVARA, CHE — born June 14, 1928, Rosario, Argentina died October 1967, Bolivia Che Guevara byname of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna theoretician …
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GUANTNAMO — province, southeastern Cuba, bounded on the northeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Windward Passage, on the …
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GRANMA — daily newspaper published in Havana, the official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. The paper …
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ESTRADA PALMA, TOMS — born July 9, 1835, near Bayamo, Cuba died Nov. 14, 1908, Oriente province first president of Cuba, whose administration was …
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ECUADOR, FLAG OF — national flag that is horizontally striped yellow-blue-red; when flown by the government, it incorporates a central coat of arms. The …
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ECUADOR — officially Republic of Ecuador, Spanish Repblica del Ecuador, country of northwestern South America. It straddles part of the Andes Mountains …
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COMISSO, GIOVANNI — born Oct. 3, 1895, Treviso, Italy died Jan. 21, 1969, Treviso Italian author of letters and of lyric and autobiographical …
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CESPEDES, CARLOS MANUEL DE — born April 18, 1819, Bayamo, Cuba died March 22?, 1874, San Lorenzo in full Carlos Manuel De Cspedes Y Borja …
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CASTRO, FIDEL — born Aug. 13, 1926/27, near Birn, Cuba in full Fidel Castro Ruz political leader of Cuba (from 1959) who transformed …
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BOLIVIA, HISTORY OF
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BOLIVIA — officially Republic of Bolivia, Spanish Repblica de Bolivia, country of west-central South America, with an area of 424,164 square miles …
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BALAO — oil port, northwestern Ecuador, on the Pacific Ocean, adjacent to Esmeraldas city. Its development is entirely due to its choice …
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ARENAS, REINALDO — born July 16, 1943, Holgun, Oriente, Cuba died Dec. 7, 1990, New York, N.Y., U.S. Cuban-born writer of extraordinary and …
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