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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OC'CIDENT, n. [L. occidens, occido, to fall; ob and cade.]
The west; the western quarter of the hemisphere; so called from the decline or fall of the sun.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America [syn: West, Occident]
2: the hemisphere that includes North America and South America [syn: western hemisphere, occident, New World]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin occident-, occidens, from present participle of occidere to fall, set (of the sun) Date: 14th century west 2a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. poet. or rhet. 1 (prec. by the) the West. 2 western Europe. 3 Europe, America, or both, as distinct from the Orient. 4 European in contrast to Oriental civilization. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L occidens -entis setting, sunset, west (as OCCASION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. West.

Moby Thesaurus

Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country