Definitions for Western Hemisphere
west·ern hemi·spher·e

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. western hemisphere, occident, New Worldnoun

   the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

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1. Western Hemispherenoun

   The hemisphere of the Earth to the west of the Greenwich Meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line).

2. Western Hemispherenoun

   The Americas.

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1. Western Hemisphere

   The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, England) and east of the 180th meridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the term Western Hemisphere is often used as a metonymy for the Americas, even though geographically the hemisphere also includes parts of other continents.

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1. western hemisphere

   The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (0° longitude) and east of the antimeridian (180° longitude). It covers the Americas, the western portions of Europe and Africa, the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean, and a part of Antarctica.

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1. Western Hemisphere

   The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the IERS Reference Meridian and east of the Antimeridian, the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere. In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the Americas, the western portions of Europe and Africa, the extreme eastern tip of Russia, numerous territories in Oceania, and a portion of Antarctica, while excluding some of the Aleutian Islands to the southwest of the Alaskan mainland. The term is often used in political rhetoric to refer to only North and South America and adjacent islands; however, the Western Hemisphere technically includes all of the aforementioned territories. In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the Old World, there also exist projections which use the 20th meridian west and the diametrically opposed 160th meridian east to define the hemisphere. This projection excludes the European and African mainlands and a small portion of northeast Greenland, but includes more of eastern Russia and Oceania.

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How to pronounce Western Hemisphere?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Western Hemisphere in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Western Hemisphere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Western Hemisphere in a Sentence

1. Paul Meade:

   The risk of someone getting the flu is infinitely greater than the risk of getting coronavirus if you're cruising in the Western Hemisphere, or even to Hawaii.

2. Tom Alweendo:

   There is a feeling from developing countries that somehow the resources that were used to develop the Western Hemisphere are suddenly now not the right thing to do and we need to do something else.

3. Ruben Oliva:

   His cooperation led to the dismantling of the first narco state in the western hemisphere, people talk about Colombia and Mexico, but neither of those were compromised to the highest levels as Haiti was.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   Any person or company doing business in Cuba should heed this announcement, cuba's behavior in the Western Hemisphere undermines the security and stability of countries throughout the region, which directly threatens United States national security interests.

5. Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca:

   Look, Alcantara launching site is a real wonder if you need to send a spacecraft to outer space because it's a very efficient location. I mean, you use…less fuel compared to other launching sites, and it's so close to the United States because we are in the same Western Hemisphere that it makes perfect sense if you can join efforts to make it possible.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Western Hemisphere
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Western Hemisphere