Oriente

[ aw-ree-en-te ]

noun

1. a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
2. a province in E Cuba. 14,132 sq. mi. (36,600 sq. km). : Santiago de Cuba.

Example Sentences

Pablo Milanés was born Feb. 24, 1943, in the eastern city of Bayamo, in what was then Oriente province, the youngest of five siblings born to working-class parents.

From Seattle Times

Pablo Milanes was born Feb. 24, 1943, in the eastern city of Bayamo, in what was then Oriente province, the youngest of five siblings born to working-class parents.

From Seattle Times

Petroecuador said on Wednesday it has not yet rescheduled the suspended Oriente cargoes.The firmsaid it had issued a wide force majeure declaration over oil exploration, production, transport and exports on June 18, and enforced the cargo suspension on June 28.

From Reuters

The United States also imported a record volume of Basra Heavy crude from Iraq at nearly 129,000 bpd last month, while imports of Ecuadorian Oriente and Napo crudes touched the highest in a year at about 112,000 bpd.

From Reuters

One great example: “Mi Oriente,” a lively, easily streamable collection of dance sides that Ibrahim Ferrer, a Buena Vista vocalist, recorded in the 1950s and ’60s with Chepín Y Su Orquesta Oriental.

From New York Times