occidental
pronunciation
How to pronounce occidental in British English:
UK [ˌɒksɪ'dentl]
How to pronounce occidental in American English:
US [ˌɑksɪˈdɛntl]
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- Adjective:
- denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere
Word Origin
- occidental (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French occidental (14c.) and directly from Latin occidentalis "western," from occidentem (see occident). As a capitalized noun meaning "a Western person" (opposed to Oriental) from 1857.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Occidental is happy to oblige visitors who want to retrace his steps .
- 2. By his own account , mr. obama experienced a political awakening at occidental .
- 3. Common holdings here include exxon mobil , occidental petroleum , chevron , and apache .
- 4. While serving as executive chairman until 2014 , mr. irani still will have most compensation based on long-term performance , an occidental spokesman said .
- 5. Four days later they did it again , voting against the wages of ray irani , boss of occidental petroleum .