occident

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

occident

Nou Món

Oposat a

orient, east, levant

Sinònims

west

New World

western hemisphere

due west

westward

Occident

the west

Traduccions

occident

occidente

ocidente

Abendland

batılı

δύσις

occidente

Westen

εσπερία

batı

Okzident

westen

hémisphère ouest

cogant

δυσμαί

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɒksɪdənt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: 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”).