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occident

[ok-si-duhnt] Origin

Oc·ci·dent

[ok-si-duhnt]
noun
1.
the Occident,
a.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
2.
(lowercase) the west; the western regions.

Origin:
Middle English < Middle French < Latin occident- (stem of occidēns) present participle of occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set, equivalent to oc- oc- + cid- (combining form of cadere to fall) + -ent- -ent

accident, Occident.
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Occident is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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occident (ˈɒksɪdənt)
 
n
a literary or formal word for west Compare orient
 
[C14: via Old French from Latin occidere to fall, go down (with reference to the setting sun); see occasion]

Occident (ˈɒksɪdənt)
 
n
1.  the countries of Europe and America
2.  the western hemisphere

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occident
late 14c., 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).
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