• Occident

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈɒksɪdÉ™nt/

    Origin

    From Old French occident, from Latin occidentem ("western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets"), from occido ("go down, set")

    Full definition of occident

    Noun

    occident

    (uncountable)
    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 Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia

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