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occidentenUK
oc·ci·dent O0019600 (ŏk′sĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′)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.]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) n1. (Physical Geography) the countries of Europe and America2. (Physical Geography) the western hemisphereOc•ci•dent (ˈɒk sɪ dənt)
n. 1. the Occident, a. the West; the countries of Europe and America. b. Western Hemisphere. 2. (l.c.) the west; the western regions. [Middle English < Middle French < Latin occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set =oc- oc- + -cidere, comb. form of cadere to fall] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Occident - the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South AmericaWestEurope - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British IslesNorth America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of PanamaSouth America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama | | 2. |  occident - the hemisphere that includes North America and South AmericaNew World, western hemispherehemisphere - half of the terrestrial globeNorth America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of PanamaSouth America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama |
TranslationsAbendlandoccidentaleoccidenteOccidentenUK
Occident1. the countries of Europe and America 2. the western hemisphere OccidentenUK
Related to Occident: OccidentalSynonyms for Occidentnoun the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South AmericaSynonymsRelated Words- Europe
- North America
- South America
noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South AmericaSynonyms- New World
- western hemisphere
Related Words- hemisphere
- North America
- South America
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