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Occident

Occident Meaning & Definition
Occident Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Occident?

[n] the hemisphere that includes North and South America
[n] the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America

Synonyms | Synonyms for Occident: New World | West | western hemisphere

Related Terms | Find terms related to Occident: Africa | America | Antipodes | Asia | Asia Major | Asia Minor | Australasia | continent | down under | East | Eastern Hemisphere | eastland | Eurasia | Europe | Far East | landmass | Levant | Middle East | Near East | New World | Oceania | Old World | Orient | the old country | West | Western Hemisphere

See Also | hemisphere | North America | region | South America

Occident In Webster's Dictionary

\Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See {Occasion}.] The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. --Chaucer. I may wander from east to occident. --Shak.

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