occident

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
2. noun The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Similar words

west western hemisphere new world orient ouest sunset ponent amplitude eastern hemisphere dayside

Often followed by

and in is to was has et as au

Word family

Occident Occidents