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  Occident

  noun

  the Occident,
• occident
  occident

  noun

  a literary or formal word for west Compare orient

Occident

American  

[ok-si-duhnt] / ˈɒk sɪ dənt /

noun

1. the Occident,

   1. the West; the countries of Europe and America.

   2. Western Hemisphere.

2. (lowercase) the west; the western regions.

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Occident ¹ British  

/ ˈɒksɪdənt /

noun

1. the countries of Europe and America

2. the western hemisphere

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occident ² British  

/ ˈɒksɪdənt /

noun

1. a literary or formal word for west Compare orient

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Etymology

Origin of Occident

Middle English < Middle French < Latin occident- (stem of occidēns ) present participle of occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set, equivalent to oc- oc- + cid- (combining form of cadere to fall) + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

She loves New York but also responds deeply to the Asian Manhattan—to Hong Kong’s entrep ô t culture and it's mercantile mix of Orient and Occident.

From Time • Oct. 24, 2017

And travelers saw in the new border at Orenburg the appropriate mixture of Orient and Occident.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2017

Photograph: Eric Gaillard/REUTERS Romanian film-maker Cristian Mungiu has been a favourite of the fest since his first feature film Occident appeared in the Directors’ Fortnight.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2016

By the end of that evening, Mr. Lyons had collected about $200 from the congregation, Shearith Israel, according to an account in the April 1847 issue of The Occident, a monthly on Jewish subjects.

From New York Times • May 22, 2010

Once more the dominant tongue of the Occident staggered beneath Wong's assault, as the cook described, partly in pantomime, the manner of Bill Talpers's downfall the night before.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur