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occident¹

  • /ˈɒksɪdənt/ UK

Where it comes from

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”).

noun 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.

    Similar: ponent, west · Opposite: orient, east, levant

  2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Occident²

Where it comes from

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidens.

proper noun

  1. the West (Western world)

Opposite: Orient

Thesaurus

proper noun

Opposite: Orient

Translations

Every language

noun part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west

Españoloccidente
Portuguêsocidente
Françaisoccident
DeutschOkzident
Italianooccidente
Românăoccident

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"occident." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/occident. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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occident. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/occident

Chicago

"occident." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/occident.

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@misc{occident_2026,
  title = {occident},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/occident},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}