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occident

UK/ˈɒksɪdənt/

occident noun: the part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.

Noun

occident (plural occidents)

  1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
    Synonyms:
    ponent, west
    Antonyms:
    orient, east, levant
  2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Proper noun capitalized: Occident

Occident

  1. the West (Western world)

occident meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

occident in Urdu

مغرب

occident in Bengali

পাশ্চাত্য, পশ্চিম দেশসমূহ

occident in Malayalam

പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ രാജ്യങ്ങൾ, പാശ്ചാത്യ രാജ്യങ്ങൾ, പശ്ചിമ യൂറോപ്പ്, പാശ്ചാത്യ സംസ്കാരം

occident in Kannada

ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ, ಪಡುವಣ, ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಯೂರೋಪ ಖಂಡ, ಪಾಶ್ಚಾತ್ಯದೇಶ

Synonyms of occident

Antonyms

Forms of occident

pluraloccidents

Origin of occident

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”).

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidens.

Words formed from occident

Questions about occident

What does occident mean?
Occident means the part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
What is occident in Urdu?
Occident in Urdu is مغرب. See Occident meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is occident?
Occident can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce occident?
Occident is pronounced /ˈɒksɪdənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of occident?
The plural of occident is occidents.

Words near occident in the dictionary

  1. occecation
  2. occerence
  3. occhio
  4. occhiolism
  5. occhios
  6. occident
  7. occidental
  8. Occidental Mindoro
  9. occidentalise
  10. occidentalised
  11. occidentalises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occident (page history and authors); Occident (page history and authors); occident (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occident (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occident (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occident (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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