occident

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Teenoorgestelde van

orient, east, levant

Sinonieme

west

New World

western hemisphere

due west

westward

Occident

the west

Vertalings

occidente

occident

ocidente

Abendland

batılı

occidente

Westen

εσπερία

δύσις

Okzident

batı

hémisphère ouest

δύση

Nouveau Monde

Nou Món

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɒksɪdənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: occident

In summary

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).