"occident" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒksɪdənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-occident.ogg Forms: occidents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{inh|en|enm|occident}} Middle English occident, {{der|en|fro|occident|}} Old French occident, {{der|en|la|occidentem||western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets}} Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|occidents}} occident (usually uncountable, plural occidents)
  1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: ponent, west Translations (part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west): запад (zapad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), occident [masculine] (French), occidente (Galician), Okzident [masculine] (German), occidente [masculine] (Italian), ocidente [masculine] (Portuguese), occident [neuter] (Romanian), occidente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-occident-en-noun-RpCbgw2z Disambiguation of 'part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west': 95 5
  2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-occident-en-noun-KE~9zOc4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 13 46 2 25 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 46 1 30 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: occidental, occidentosis

Inflected forms

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