Category:Occident

Oc"ci*dent, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, P.pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See occasion.]

Defn: 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. I may wander from east to occident. Shak.