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Definition of Occident

Occident
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.

Meaning of Occident from wikipedia

- "Occident" is a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of the term Orient, referring...
- Look up Occident or occident in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Occident is usually a historic term for the Western world (as contrasted with the...
- America also constitute the West. The Western world likewise is called the Occident (from Latin occidens 'setting down, sunset, west') in contrast to the Eastern...
- Occident is a 2002 Romanian film directed by Cristian Mungiu. It stars Alexandru Papadopol as a 29-year-old man named Luci and Anca Androne as his wife...
- Occident was a steamer that operated on the Willamette River and occasionally its tributary, the Santiam River from 1875 to about 1890. Occident was designed...
- June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had previously been published by Muybridge...
- Occident was a French far-right militant group, active in France between 1964 and 1968 and considered the "main activist group on the extreme right in...
- (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes; more literally, The Downfall of the Occident) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler. The first volume, subtitled Form...
- Occident is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Occident was known as Tail Holt until 1882. A post...
- The Occident and American Jewish Advocate or simply The Occident (1843-1869), was the first general Jewish periodical published in the United States. The...