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Occidental

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'occidental', 'Occidental': /ˌɒksɪˈdɛntəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɑksɪˈdɛntəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ok′si den′tl)



Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Occidental /ˌɒksɪˈdɛntəl/ (sometimes not capital) adj
  1. of or relating to the Occident
 n
  1. an inhabitant, esp a native, of the Occident
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
oc•ci•den•tal /ˌɑksɪˈdɛntəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. of or relating to the West, or the countries of Europe and America.
See -cide-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
oc•ci•den•tal  (ok′si den′tl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. (usually cap.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
  2. western.

n. 
  1. (usually cap.) a native or inhabitant of the Occident.
  • Latin occidentālis western, equivalent. to occident- occident + -ālis -al1
  • Middle English 1350–1400
oc′ci•den•tal′i•ty, n. 
oc′ci•den′tal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
occidental /ˌɒksɪˈdɛntəl/ adj
  1. a literary or formal word for western
    Compare oriental
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