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Noun: occident  ók-si-dunt
  1. The hemisphere that includes North America and South America
    - western hemisphere
Noun: Occident  ók-si-dunt
  1. The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
    - Western world, West

Sounds like: ocident, Oc

Derived forms: occidents

See also: western

Type of: hemisphere, region

Encyclopedia: Occident, Indiana