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occident

noun
/ˈɒksɪdənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

  1. derived from occidentem
  2. derived from occident
  3. inherited from occident

Definitions

  1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening

    The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.

  2. The Western world

    The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

  3. the West (Western world)

The neighborhood

Derived

occidental, occidentosis

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA