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Hes⋅pe⋅ri⋅an

[he-speer-ee-uhn]
–adjective
1. western; occidental.
2. of or pertaining to the Hesperides.
–noun
3. a native or inhabitant of a western land.

Origin:
1540–50; < L Hesperi(us) of, toward the West (< Gk hespérios western, deriv. of hésperos evening, Hesperus ) + -an
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Hes·pe·ri·an   (hě-spîr'ē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to the west.

[From Latin Hesperius, from Greek hesperios, of the evening, western, from hesperos, evening; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]
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