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Meanings of occidental in English

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A planned language created by the Baltogerman naval officer and teacher Edgar de Wahl and published in 1922.

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident.

Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere.

Usage of occidental in English
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A sort of halo, an occidental glow, came over life then.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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The first step would be to ascertain whether this narcotic was occidental or oriental.
The Voice in the Fog
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The task, too, of the occidental United States was double.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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This is a concession to occidental taste which all but oriental enthusiasts will appreciate.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
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The prince of Souzdal watched the progress of events in occidental Russia with great interest.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
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He was much more indulgent than England and Austria respecting our sins against occidental policy.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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Pale-faced, aristocratic PŠre Fran‡ois is a foil to the "occidental king."
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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To give it an occidental perspective, the building is 40m taller than New York's Empire State.
The Irish Times
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The comfort of Colonel Joe's bachelor establishment places the stranger in touch with the occidental city.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the world, especially in occidental countries.
Pubmed
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The latter word evokes to occidental ears images of sensual seduction which the Moroccan harem seldom realizes.
In Morocco
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Some Deer on these Mountains afford the occidental Bezoar, not coming from a Goat, as some report.
A New Voyage to Carolina / Containing the exact description and ...
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It is, therefore, outstandingly an occidental development.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
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Consider the doves; there is no distinction as to whether it is an oriental or an occidental dove.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Her occidental mind would not and could not accept as possibilities these mysterious attributes of the oriental mind.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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And breezes from the occidental shores
The New Penelope, and Other Stories and Poems
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