About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- occident
POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
DEVIL DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

occident

 : 
Noun
 : 
Oc=ci=dent

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun occident has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

occidentn. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See Occasion.].
     The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "I may wander from east to occident."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

occident, n. poet. or rhet.
1 (prec. by the) the West.
2 western Europe.
3 Europe, America, or both, as distinct from the Orient.
4 European in contrast to Oriental civilization.

Etymology
ME f. OF f. L occidens -entis setting, sunset, west (as OCCASION)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

occident

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.

THESAURUS

occident

Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion