Western Hemisphere

[ wes-tern hem-i-sfeer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the western part of the terrestrial globe, roughly extending from the prime meridian west to the antimeridian: sometimes considered synonymous with the New World because the Americas are its primary composition, the Western Hemisphere technically extends into western Eurasia and Africa, easternmost Siberia, and part of Antarctica as well.

western hemisphere

that half of the globe containing the Americas, lying to the west of the Greenwich or another meridian
the lands contained in this, esp the Americas

Western Hemisphere

/ wĕs′tərn /

The half of the Earth that includes North America, Central America, and South America, as divided roughly by the 0° and 180° meridians.
See more at prime meridian

First recorded in 1640–50

He was convinced that ocean moats would never keep the Axis powers out of the Western Hemisphere.

He condemned the fact that "the United States has not lived up to its historic role as a leader in the Western Hemisphere".

Leakes has one of the loudest voices in the Western Hemisphere, something between an operatic soprano and an air-raid siren.

The Summit of the Americas is a periodic meeting of heads of government of countries located in the Western Hemisphere.

Her mission is confined to the Western Hemisphere, and over its borders no insult, no cajolery will avail to tempt her.

The horse was not native to the western hemisphere, and was first introduced by the Spaniards.

True, in the Western Hemisphere there was greater dexterity and a greater number of methods employed.

The doctor and his like had passed out of my life, and I believed they were soon to disappear from our Western Hemisphere.

This letter conveyed to the British government its first knowledge of the return of Captain Kidd to the western hemisphere.

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