occident : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occident	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Occident n the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America Synonym(s): West, Occident the hemisphere that includes North America and South America Synonym(s): western hemisphere, occident, New World
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.