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
Freebase
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
I put emphasis on markets to the East not because we want to give up on other markets. But we definitely want to reduce our dependence on certain markets in western Europe, western Europe is undergoing a wave of Islamisation, of anti-Semitism, and of anti-Zionism. It is awash in such waves, and we want to ensure that for years to come the State of Israel will have diverse markets all over the world.
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.
This is one of the problems in the Far East where these things don't have the same resonance as they do in the Western world, hitler is in restaurants, Hitler is in advertisements. Things that are unthinkable in the Western world.
Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York, Sunday's Jets-Bills game has been rescheduled to Monday night at 7 p.m. ET (0000 GMT) and relocated to Ford Field in Detroit, Public safety resources in western New York must be fully available to deal with the recovery from the storm.
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Translations for western
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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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