What does Western mean?
Definitions for Western
ˈwɛs tərnwest·ern
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Western.
Princeton's WordNet
Western, horse operanoun
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
western, western sandwichadjective
a sandwich made from a western omelet
westernadjective
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"
westernadjective
of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
"a Western ranch"
westernadjective
lying toward or situated in the west
"our company's western office"
westerly, westernadjective
of wind; from the west
Wiktionary
westernnoun
A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
westernadjective
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
westernadjective
(of a wind) blowing from the west; westerly
westernadjective
occidental
Westernnoun
A film, novel, or other work of a certain genre dealing with the American Old West.
Westernadjective
Of, situated in, or related to the West
Westernadjective
Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Westernadjective
Being in the west, or toward the part where the sun sets.
Etymology: from west.
Now fair Phœbus ’gan decline in haste
His weary waggon to the western vale. Edmund Spenser.The western part is a continued rock. Addison.
ChatGPT
western
Western typically refers to the regions, culture, or characteristics associated with the western part of a specified area, country, or place. In a broader context, it often pertains to the Occidental cultures of Europe and the Americas, in contrast to the Orient or Eastern cultures. Western may also reference the genre of literature, film, or art focused on the Western United States particularly during its frontier period in the 19th century. The definition may vary based on the context in which it is being used.
Webster Dictionary
Westernadjective
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
Westernadjective
moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze
Wikidata
Western
The Western is a genre of various arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. There are also a number of films about Western-type characters in contemporary settings, such as Junior Bonner set in the 1970s and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada in the 21st century.
Editors Contribution
western
Relating to the direction west.
The western winds are moderate tonight.
Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WESTERN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Western is ranked #11395 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Western surname appeared 2,767 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Western.
82.4% or 2,282 total occurrences were White.
10.2% or 284 total occurrences were Black.
4.7% or 131 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Western' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #982
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Western' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2352
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Western' in Adjectives Frequency: #120
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Western in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Western in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Western in a Sentence
These are the unelected class leaders that ultimately, I think, are using the bureaucratic power to supplant the will of everyday – not only Americans but Canadians and Western Europeans too – and that's why we're seeing a fusion of both the left and the right here saying that, ‘Actually we want our voices heard. We want to be able to speak without fear of putting food on the dinner table,’.
The trajectory that Putin was on for UNGA was to come to New York and basically be ignored, and now what he's done is ... put himself in the spotlight, and on an issue where there's a lot of tough questions for Western leaders about how they've been handling the crisis.
( The British also) had this conception that the' Orient,' the non-Western subjects, were overly erotic and over-sexed, and that's the reason why they were worried young colonial officers going abroad would be corrupted by those sexual acts.
Everyone is on their own in the Western world, and most of their needs are catered by government or insurance. However, in India, the infrastructure is not that strong. Elders expect their children to take care of them, as they did for their parents, children are more than happy to provide anything their parents need, but the communication gap leaves them clueless about their parents' true needs.
At the heart of this is a complaint that the federal government owns so much land, and that feeling is typical in a lot of western states, but that land doesn't belong to them. It belongs to all of us and the government is working to preserve it.
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- غربيArabic
- захо́дніBelarusian
- западенBulgarian
- occidentalCatalan, Valencian
- západníCzech
- gorllewinolWelsh
- vestligDanish
- westlich, Western, WestGerman
- western, occidentalSpanish
- غربی, وسترنPersian
- lännentarina, länsimainen, lännenfilmi, länsi, länkkäri, läntinenFinnish
- western, occidentalFrench
- iartharán, thiar, an iarthairIrish
- an iar, siarScottish Gaelic
- מערבוןHebrew
- արևմտյանArmenian
- vestriIcelandic
- occidentale, westernItalian
- 西部劇, 西, ウェスタン, 西方Japanese
- დასავლურიGeorgian
- កុនខោបោយ, ខាងលិចKhmer
- pikitia kaupoaiMāori
- западенMacedonian
- westers, westelijkDutch
- vestlig, westernNorwegian
- zachodni, westernPolish
- faroeste, ocidentalPortuguese
- apusean, vestic, occidentalRomanian
- западный, вестернRussian
- западни, zapadniSerbo-Croatian
- západnýSlovak
- zahodenSlovene
- perëndimorAlbanian
- västligSwedish
- పడమటిTelugu
- західнийUkrainian
- vesüdik, vesüdänikVolapük
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