OCCIDENT


Meaning of OCCIDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäk-sə-dənt, -ˌdent ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin occident-, occidens, from present participle of occidere to fall, set (of the sun)

Date: 14th century

: west 2a

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