Hypertext Webster Gateway: "occident"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr.
occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See
{Occasion}.]
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the
evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west;
-- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe
as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
--Chaucer.
I may wander from east to occident. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
occident
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North and South America [syn: {West}]
2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: {western
hemisphere}, {New World}]
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