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oc·ci·dent
(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.]
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occident
(ˈɒksɪdənt)[C14: via Old French from Latin occidere to fall, go down (with reference to the setting sun); see occasion]
Occident
(ˈɒksɪdənt)n
1. (Physical Geography) the countries of Europe and America
2. (Physical Geography) the western hemisphere
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Oc•ci•dent
(ˈɒk sɪ dənt)n.
1. the Occident,
a. the West; the countries of Europe and America.
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]
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| Noun | 1. | 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. |  occident - the hemisphere that includes North America and South Americahemisphere - 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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