occident
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oc·ci·dent
(ŏk'sĭ-dənt, -dĕnt') 
n.
n.
- Western lands or regions; the west.
- Occident The countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin occidēns, occident-, from present participle of occidere, to set (used of the sun). See occasion.]
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occident
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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Occident
IN BRIEF: The west.
Portland sits at the seadoor — the very gates of the State. The Orient has met the Occident here in this westmost town.
— Joaquin Miller (1837-1914), American poet, author, known as ‘Poet of the Sierras'.
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