Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr.
   occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See
   {Occasion}.]
   The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the
   evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west;
   -- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe
   as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
   --Chaucer.

         I may wander from east to occident.      --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

Occident
     n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
          North and South America [syn: {West}]
     2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: {western
        hemisphere}, {New World}]