occidental Definition

Occident
noun

1. The countries in the west, especially those in Europe and America regarded as culturally distinct from eastern countries (the Orient).

Form: the Occident
2. poetic
The part of the sky where the Sun sets; the west. Compare orient.
Form: occident (also)

Derivative: occidental
adj

From or relating to the Occident; western.

noun

Someone born in the Occident; a westerner.

Derivative: occidentally
adverb

Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin occidens setting, west or sunset, from occidere to go down.