The Collaborative Dictionary

Western \West"ern\, a. [1913 Webster]

Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. [1913 Webster] Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. [1913 Webster] Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin. Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d.

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Word Net

western adj

1 relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire" [ant: eastern]

2 lying in or toward the west [syn: westerly]

3 of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" [ant: eastern]

4 lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"

5 of wind; from the west [syn: westerly]

1 a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development [syn: horse opera]

2 a sandwich made from a western omelet [syn: western sandwich]

Moby Thesaurus

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antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, horse opera, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, westernmost

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)n

Adjective

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
   • the western approaches
2. (of a wind) blowing from the west; westerly
3. (Capitalised) Of, situated in, or related to the West
   • Western democracy
4. occidental

Translations

Noun

1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a Cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary.)

Derived terms

• westerner

See also

• northern
• eastern
• southern

• north-eastern
• south-eastern
• south-western
• north-western

Western may refer to:

• Western culture (also called Western civilization), the human cultures of European origin
• Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West (Western United States)
  • Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature
• Western music (North America), a genre associated with cowboys and related to country music, especially in the United States
• Western riding, a horseback riding style
  • Western saddle, used for western riding
• Western blot, a method in molecular biology to detect a certain protein in a sample by using antibody specific to that protein
• Westernbank, a subsidiary of the W Holding Company
• Western Latin character sets (computing)

In geography:

• Western world, a particular group of countries, generally spanning Central and Western Europe and the Americas, also referred to as the "West" or the Occident
• Western Canada, which includes British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces of Canada
• Western United States, the Western portion of the United States, sometimes referred to as the "American West"
• Western, New York, a town in Oneida County, New York
• Western Ghats, A mountain range in South East India

In transportation:

• Western Airlines, a defunct airline
• Western (airline), a new, unrelated airline founded in 2006
• Western Express Air, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona
• Western (CTA), the name of multiple stations on the Chicago 'L' train system
• British Rail Class 52 locomotives were known as Westerns

Educational institutions:

• In Canada:
  • Western Technical-Commercial School in Toronto, Ontario
  • University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
  • Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta

• In the United States:
  • Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina
  • Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
  • Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut
  • Western High School in Washington, District of Columbia
  • Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois
  • Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, Colorado
  • Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan
  • Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington

• In Azerbaijan:
  • Western University in Baku