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occident definition
oc·ci·dent (äk′sə dənt, -dent′)
noun
Old Poet. the west
Etymology: OFr < L occidens, direction of the setting sun < prp. of occidere, to fall: see occasion
occident Idioms
the Occident
the part of the world west of Asia, esp. Europe and the Americas
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