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Occidental Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Occidental has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a native inhabitant of the Occident

"The occidental diplomat argued that Western customs did not necessarily apply to Eastern traditions."

2

an artificial language

"The linguist argued that Esperanto, while not a natural tongue, was a true occidental constructed for international communication."

3

A Western Christian of the Latin rite

"The historian noted that during the early councils, many occidental delegates from France and Spain argued against the Greek positions held by their eastern counterparts."

Adjective
1

denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere

"occidental civilization"

"Hesperian culture"

2

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.

3

Alternative letter-case form of occidental

Proper Noun
1

An artificial language, created by Edgar de Wahl later renamed Interlingue shortly before the publication of Interlingua

"The linguist's obscure paper on occidental became a footnote in the history of constructed languages after it was overshadowed by Interlingua."

See Also
occident western oriental occidentals austral southern westernish occiduous
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inhabitant artificial language
Rhyming Words
tal ital ctal total ectal octal petal dital rotal metal katal ketal fetal cital ental setal attal ictal natal notal
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