26984 words

western

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
in or from the west of a place:

Examples:

western Europe
California and other western states
2
relating to countries in the west part of the world, especially North America and countries in the west of Europe:

Examples:

western opinion/culture
a Western-educated engineer
western medicine
3
a film based on stories about life in the west of the US in the past
4
a movie based on stories about life in the part of the US west of the Mississippi River when white people began going there to live in the 19th century
5
lying toward, facing, or coming from the west:

Examples:

Grand Rapids is in the western part of Michigan.

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