A Topical Dictionary: Search for Western

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English

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-western.ogg
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛstə(r)n|-ɛstə(r)n

Adjective

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
* the western approaches
(of a wind) blowing from the west; westerly
(Capitalised) Of, situated in, or related to the West
* Western democracy
occidental

Translations

Spanish: occidental

Noun

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.)

Derived terms

westerner

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Western \West"ern\, a.
[1913 Webster]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble.
[1913 Webster]

2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course;
coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
[1913 Webster]

Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin.

Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman
empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great,
between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.
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WordNet western
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of
the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe";
"the Western Roman Empire" [ant: eastern]
2: lying in or toward the west [syn: westerly]
3: of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of
the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" [ant: eastern]
4: lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western
office"
5: of wind; from the west [syn: westerly]
n 1: a film about life in the western United States during the
period of exploration and development [syn: horse opera]
2: a sandwich made from a western omelet [syn: {western
sandwich}]

Moby Dictionary
3-D , Cinemascope , Cinerama , Marchen , Technicolor , Western story ,
Westerner , adventure story , allegory , animated cartoon , apologue ,
bedtime story , black-and-white film , cartoon , chiller , cinema ,
color film , creepie , detective story , documentary ,
documentary film , educational film , fable , fabliau , fairy tale ,
fantasy , feature , fiction , film , flick , flicker , folk story ,
folktale , gest , ghost story , horror picture , horse opera , legend ,
love story , motion picture , motion-picture show , movie ,
moving picture , mystery , mystery story , myth , mythology , mythos ,
newsreel , nudie , nursery tale , parable , photodrama , photoplay ,
picture , picture show , pornographic film , preview , romance ,
science fiction , shocker , short , silent , silent film , skin flick ,
sneak preview , space fiction , space opera , spaghetti Western ,
suspense story , talkie , talking picture , thriller , trailer ,
underground film , whodunit , work of fiction

Moby Dictionary
antarctic , arctic , austral , boreal , east , eastbound , easterly ,
eastermost , eastern , easternmost , horse opera , hyperborean ,
meridional , north , northbound , northeast , northeasterly ,
northeastern , northerly , northern , northernmost , northwest ,
northwesterly , northwestern , occidental , oriental , south ,
southbound , southeast , southeasterly , southeastern , southerly ,
southern , southernmost , southwest , southwesterly , southwestern ,
west , westbound , westerly , westernmost

Western, NE (village, FIPS 52295) Location: 40.39311 N, 97.19935 W Population (1990): 264 (133 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68464