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Occident : (noun)
1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North and South America [syn: West, Occident]
2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: western
hemisphere, New World]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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