name
Meaning 1
the West (Western world)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
occident
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɒksɪdənt/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 K S AH0 D EH2 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ponent, west
Antonyms: orient, east, levant
noun
Meaning 3
The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: western hemisphere, New World
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hemisphere
noun
Meaning 5
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: West
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region
History
Etymology
From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidens.
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”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: запад (zapad) — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- French: occident — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- Galician: occidente — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- German: Okzident — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- Italian: occidente — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- Portuguese: ocidente — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- Romanian: occident — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west
- Spanish: occidente — part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west