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west·ern

[wes-tern] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.

2.	directed or proceeding toward the west: a western migration.

3.	coming or originating from the west, as a wind.

4.	(often initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, living in, or characteristic of the West, esp. the western U.S.: a Western ranch.

5.	(usually initial capital letter) Occidental: to adopt Western dress.

6.	(usually initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas: Western trade agreements.

7.	(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Western Church.

–noun

8.	(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.

9.	western sandwich.

10.	a person or thing from a western region or country.

[Origin: bef. 1050; 1905–10 for def. 8; ME, OE westerne, equiv. to west west + -erne -ern

]

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

west·ern (wěs'tərn) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Situated in, toward, or facing the west.
Coming from the west: western breezes.
Native to or growing in the west.
often Western Of, relating to, or characteristic of western regions or the West.
Western Of, relating to, or descended from those Christian churches that use or formerly used Latin as their liturgical language.

n. often Western A novel, film, television program, or other dramatic work including themes, characters, or settings characteristic of the American West, especially of the late 1800s.

[Middle English, from Old English westerne; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]

west'ern·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
western (adj.)

"toward or of the west," O.E. westerne (see west). The noun meaning "book or movie about the Old West" is first attested 1909.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

western
adjective
1.	relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; "the Western world"; "Western thought"; "Western thought" [ant: eastern]
2.	of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" [ant: eastern]
3.	lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"
4.	of wind; from the west [syn: westerly]
noun
1.	a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
2.	a sandwich made from a western omelet

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Western Grove, AR (town, FIPS 74330) Location: 36.10112 N, 92.95392 W
Population (1990): 415 (152 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72685

Western Hills, OH Zip code(s): 45238

Western Springs, IL (village, FIPS 80242) Location: 41.80340 N, 87.90075 W
Population (1990): 11984 (4370 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60558

Western, NE (village, FIPS 52295) Location: 40.39311 N, 97.19935 W
Population (1990): 264 (133 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68464

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Western

West"ern\, a. 1. 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.

Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble.

2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.

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. 395.

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