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Oc⋅ci⋅dent

  [ok-si-duhnt]
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–noun
1. the Occident,
a. the West; the countries of Europe and America.
b. Western Hemisphere.
2. (lowercase) the west; the western regions.
Origin:
ME < MF < L occident- (s. of occidēns) prp. of occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set, equiv. to oc- oc- + cid- (comb. form of cadere to fall) + -ent- -ent
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oc·ci·dent   (ŏk'sĭ-dənt, -děnt')   
n.  
  1. Western lands or regions; the west.
  2. Occident The countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin occidēns, occident-, from present participle of occidere, to set (used of the sun); see occasion.]
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Occident

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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Language Translation for : Occident
Spanish: el Oeste,
German: der Westen,
Japanese: 西洋
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occident 
c.1375, from O.Fr. occident (12c.), from L. occidentem (nom. occidens) "western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets," originally "setting" (adj.), prp. of occidere "fall down, go down" (see occasion).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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