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Occident

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westnounThe direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
western hemispherenoun(US, metonymic) The Americas.
new worldnounThe Americas and Oceania.

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westnounThe direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
western hemispherenoun(US, metonymic) The Americas.
new worldnounThe Americas and Oceania.
orientnounUsually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)
ouestnounOne of the ten departments of Haiti.
sunsetnounThe moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
ponentnounThe west; the area of the setting sun.
amplitudenounThe measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
eastern hemispherenounThe hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.
daysidenoun(astronomy) The side of a planet or other body that faces towards the sun or star around which it orbits
evening starnoun(astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
eastnounThe direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
nightsidenoun(astronomy) The side of a planet or other body that faces away from the sun or star around which it orbits.
horizonnounThe visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
earthsetnounThe event of the Earth setting under the horizon of another planet, typically the Moon (typically due to the observer being in motion over the surface of the Moon: see usage notes at earthrise).
moonsetnounThe setting of the moon below the horizon.
dip of the horizonnounThe angle of the horizon below the level of the eye.
gegenscheinnoun(astronomy) A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun.
zenithnoun(by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
westingnoun(nautical) A distance travelled westward.

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