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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
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adj
Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of occidental.
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Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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name
An artificial language, created by Edgar de Wahl later renamed Interlingue shortly before the publication of Interlingua
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name
A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
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noun
A Western Christian of the Latin rite
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adjective satellite
denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
an artificial language
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Broader terms: artificial language
noun
a native inhabitant of the Occident
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Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
History
Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis, equivalent to occident + -al.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
