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Occident
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; - opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Occident'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/occident.html. 1828.