OCCIDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Occident mean? 

• OCCIDENT (noun)
  The noun OCCIDENT has 2 senses:

1. the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

2. the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

  Familiarity information: OCCIDENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCIDENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Occident; West

Instance hypernyms:

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Occident"):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Attribute:

western (relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts)

Derivation:

occidental (denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The hemisphere that includes North America and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

New World; occident; western hemisphere

Hypernyms ("occident" is a kind of...):

hemisphere (half of the terrestrial globe)

Meronyms (parts of "occident"):

North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)