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Occidental (as an adjective) is a literary or formal word for western. It is usually capitalized if you are using it to refer to people in its noun form like an inhabitant, especially a native, of the Occident.
Henry David Thoreau uses the word in a famous quote:
"There is a struggle between the Oriental and the Occidental in every nation; some who would be forever contemplating the sun, and some who are hastening toward the sunset. The former class says to the latter, "when you have reached the sunset, you will be no nearer to the sun." To which the latter replies, "but we so prolong the day.""
Oriental is pertaining to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
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