Occident
the Occident,
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
(lowercase) the west; the western regions.
Origin of Occident
1Words that may be confused with Occident
- accident, Occident
Words Nearby Occident
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How to use Occident in a sentence
Spacially, the trade relations of the ancient Phnicians extended over the whole of the known Occident.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtIn the Orient every man is producing as little as possible; in the Occident he is producing as much as possible.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeHe was of Armenian descent, a singular instance of a person of Oriental extraction rising to eminence in the Occident.
Can we not see Orient and Occident imaging themselves in their respective ideal products?
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderTurkish coffee by the way, is very different from the coffee of the Occident.
The Old World and Its Ways | William Jennings Bryan
British Dictionary definitions for occident (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɒksɪdənt) /
Origin of occident
1British Dictionary definitions for Occident (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɒksɪdənt) /
the countries of Europe and America
the western hemisphere
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