Definition of "occident" [oc•ci•dent]

• Western lands or regions; the west. (noun)
• The countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Occasus derives from occident-em, "setting," and signifies a westerly "falling, going down.""
• "An answer to this will be the key to occident and oriental debate."
• "Can Western fantasy ever truly deal with the non-occident?"