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noun the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
originFrom Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).
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