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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

- The 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...
- (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes; more literally, The Downfall of the Occident or even more literally, "The Going-Down of the Evening Lands"; some of...
- 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...
- Islamisierung des Abendlandes ('Patriotic Europeans against Islamisation of the Occident'). On 7 October, Yazidis and Muslim Chechens had violently clashed in Celle...
- Look up orientation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orientation may refer to: Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and comp****...
- 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...
- The "Odjak of Algiers" (also spelled Ujaq) was a unit of the Algerian army. It was a highly autonomous part of the Janissary Corps, acting completely independently...
- June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had already been published in 1877. The...
- thought I'd react". Appearing on the deluxe editions of the album, "Extreme Occident" features elements of morna and Indian music, with Madonna once more being...