the Occident
noun/ði ˈɒksɪdənt/
/ði ˈɑːksɪdənt/
[singular] (formal)- the western part of the world, especially Europe and America compare OrientWord Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin occident- ‘going down, setting’, from the verb occidere.
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