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Definition of the Occident noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Occident

noun

/ði ˈɒksɪdənt/

/ði ˈɑːksɪdənt/

[singular] (formal)

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the western part of the world, especially Europe and America compare Orient
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin occident- ‘going down, setting’, from the verb occidere.

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