Associations to the word «Occident»

Wiktionary

OCCIDENT, noun. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
OCCIDENT, noun. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia
OCCIDENT, proper noun. The West (Western world)

Dictionary definition

OCCIDENT, noun. The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America.
OCCIDENT, noun. The hemisphere that includes North America and South America.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King