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occident

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oc·ci·dent  (ks-dnt, -dnt)
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 occidns, occident-, from present participle of occidere, to set (used of the sun); see occasion.]

Occident
Noun
the western hemisphere, esp. Europe and America [Latin occidere to fall (with reference to the setting sun)]
Occidental adj
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Noun1.Occident - the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
2.occidentoccident - the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe
North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama

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--My happiness itself do I throw out into all places far and wide 'twixt orient, noontide, and occident, to see if many human fish will not learn to hug and tug at my happiness;--
 
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