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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesocidental
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ocidental
"Eles estudam a história do mundo ocidental."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to the countries of the West, especially Europe and the Americas.
"The museum features both Oriental and Occidental art collections."
- 1
A native or inhabitant of the West.
"As an Occidental living in Tokyo, he had to adapt to many new cultural norms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin occidentalis, from occidens, occident- (setting sun, west), from occidere 'go down'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Occidental" is said worldwide
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occidental
Transliteration: occidental
"Il s'intéresse beaucoup à la culture occidentale."
abendländisch
Transliteration: abendländisch
"Er studierte die abendländische Philosophie."
occidentale
Transliteration: occidentale
"La civiltà occidentale ha radici antiche."
occidental
Transliteration: occidental
"El estilo de vida occidental ha influido en todo el mundo."
ocidental
Transliteration: ocidental
"Eles estudam a história do mundo ocidental."
पाश्चत्य
Transliteration: pashcatya
"पाश्चत्य संस्कृति का प्रभाव बढ़ रहा है।"
西方人
Transliteration: xīfāngrén
"作为一个西方人，他对茶艺非常感兴趣。"
서양인
Transliteration: seoyang-in
"그는 한국에서 영어를 가르치는 서양인이다."
西洋人
Transliteration: seiyōjin
"彼女は西洋人として初めてその伝統芸能を学んだ。"
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