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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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Word Origin & History

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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