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Occident

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
the West (Western world)

Noun

1
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
2
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America wordnet
3
The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidens.

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