occidental
/oɡθidenˈtal/ · B1 · adj
western
🌅 Occidental from Latin occidere, to fall: the West is where the sun goes down
Latin occidens meant the setting sun, from occidere, to fall or go down. English has the same word, occidental, and its opposite is oriental, from oriri, to rise. Note the Spanish sound: cc is said /kθ/ or /ɡθ/, so it is ok-thi-den-TAL.