The international language Interlingue was published in 1922 under the name Occidental.
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Occidental
//ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl//
Synonyms for "occidental" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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30 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- օքսիդենտալ name (artificial language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- западен adj (of the occident)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 西方的 adj (of the occident)
Esperanto
2 entries- Interlingveo name (artificial language)
- Okcidentalo name (artificial language)
Finnish
1 entries- länsimainen adj (of the occident)
French
2 entries- occidental adj (of the occident)
- occidental name (artificial language)
German
4 entries- abendländisch adj (of the occident)
- okzidental adj (of the occident)
- Interlingue name (artificial language)
- Occidental name (artificial language)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- oksidantal adj (of the occident)
Latvian
1 entries- rietumu adj (of the occident)
Malayalam
1 entries- പശ്ചിമ adj (of the occident)
Marathi
2 entries- इंटरलिंगुए name (artificial language)
- ऑक्सिडेंटल name (artificial language)
Norwegian
2 entries- oksidentalsk adj (of the occident)
- vestlig adj (of the occident)
Polish
2 entries- okcydentalny adj (of the occident)
- zachodni adj (of the occident)
Russian
3 entries- за́падный adj (of the occident)
- оксиденталь name (artificial language)
- окцидента́ль name (artificial language)
Slovene
1 entries- zahóden adj (of the occident)
Spanish
2 entries- occidental adj (of the occident)
- poniente adj (of the occident)
Turkish
2 entries- batı adj (of the occident)
- batısal adj (of the occident)
Volapük
1 entries- vesüdänik adj (of the occident)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Christianity affects most of this globe as even Arab countries must use the occidental calendar for international negotiations and Japanese moderately celebrate Halloween and Christmas.
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Japanese may be different from other ethnicities due to more use of the dextral brain. The sinistral brain predominates occidental vicissitudes.
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My locality is a nexus for occidental and oriental interplay, which is abundant in emotional undulations.
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