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 Definitions of Western  [ˈwɛs tərn]  

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Definition of 'Western' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) western
lying toward or situated in the west.

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

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

4.  western
(often cap.) of or pertaining to the West in the U.S.

5.  western
(usu. cap.) Occidental.

6.  western
(usu. cap.) of or pertaining to the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas.

7.  western
(cap.) of or pertaining to the Western Church.

8. (n.) western
(often cap.) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.

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

Etymology:  (bef. 1050; ME, OE westerne; see west , -ern)

Definition of 'Western' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Western, horse opera
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

2. (adj) western, western sandwich
a sandwich made from a western omelet

3. (adj) western
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"

4. (adj) western
of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
"a Western ranch"

5. (adj) western
lying toward or situated in the west
"our company's western office"

6. (adj) westerly, western
of wind; from the west


Definition of 'Western' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) western
from or in the west of a country
a western county

2. (noun) western
a cowboy movie set in the western U.S.


Definition of 'Western' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Western
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

2. (adj) Western
moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze


Translation of 'Western' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the west or the West
Western customs/clothes.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: cowboyagtig Arabic flag Arabic: غَرْبي، أوروبي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: западен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ocidental Czech flag Czech: západní German flag German: westlich
Danish flag Danish: vestlig Greek flag Greek: δυτικός Spanish flag Spanish: del oeste
Estonian flag Estonian: läänelik Farsi flag Farsi: غربي Finnish flag Finnish: länsi-, länsimainen
French flag French: (de l')ouest, occidental Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַעֲרָבִי Hindi flag Hindi: पाश्चात्य
Croatian flag Croatian: zapadnjački Hungarian flag Hungarian: nyugati Indonesian flag Indonesian: Barat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vesturríkja-; vestrænn Italian flag Italian: dell'ovest, occidentale Japanese flag Japanese: 西洋の
Korean flag Korean: 서부의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vakarų, vakarietiškas Latvian flag Latvian: rietumu-
Malay flag Malay: kebaratan Dutch flag Dutch: westers Norwegian flag Norwegian: vest-, vestre, vesterland
Polish flag Polish: zachodni Portuguese flag Portuguese: ocidental Romanian flag Romanian: din vest, occiden­tal
Russian flag Russian: западный;ковбойский Slovak flag Slovak: západný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zahoden
Serbian flag Serbian: zapadnjački Swedish flag Swedish: västerländsk, western- Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งเป็นทางทิศตะวันตก
Turkish flag Turkish: batı, batıya ait Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 西方的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: західний
Urdu flag Urdu: مغرب کا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phương tây Chinese flag Chinese: 西方的

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