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1. (n.) Occident
the Occident,
2. Occident
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
3. Occident
(l.c.) the west; the western regions.
Etymology: (ME < MF < L occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set =oc-oc-+-cidere, comb. form of cadere to fall)
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1. (noun) West, Occident
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
2. (noun) western hemisphere, occident, New World
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
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1. (noun) Occident
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
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