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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: Latin, present participle of occidere 'to fall', (of the sun) 'to set'

Occident

 noun
     
Oc‧ci‧dent

the Occident

literarySG the western part of the world, especially Europe and the Americas [↪ Orient]
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