western
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- 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”Opposite easternSimilar occidental, HesperianRelates to Western world, West
- of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River“a Western ranch”Opposite easternSimilar midwestern, northwestern, west-central, southwesternRelates to West, western United States
- lying toward or situated in the west“our company's western office”Opposite eastSimilar west
- of wind; from the westSynonyms: westerlyOpposite eastSimilar west
Noun (2)westerns
- a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and developmentSynonyms: horse operaType of feature, feature filmKinds spaghetti Western
- a sandwich made from a western omeletSynonyms: western sandwichType of sandwich
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Translations
Adjective pertaining to the west
- Spanish
- occidental
- French
- occidental
- German
- westlich
- Italian
- occidentale
- Portuguese
- ocidental
- Turkish
- batı
- Russian
- за́падный západnyj
- Arabic
- غَرْبِيّ ḡarbiyy
- Dutch
- westelijk
- Polish
- zachodni
25 more languages
- Swedish
- västlig
- Greek
- δυτικός dytikós
- Vietnamese
- tây
- Hungarian
- nyugati
- Portuguese (PT)
- ocidental
- Albanian
- perëndimor
- Catalan
- occidental
- Czech
- západní
- Danish
- vestlig
- Esperanto
- okcidenta
- Estonian
- läänelik
- Finnish
- läntinen
- Georgian
- დასავლური dasavluri
- Hebrew
- מַעֲרָבִי ma'araví
- Icelandic
- vestur
- Latvian
- rietumu
- Lithuanian
- vakarinis
- Norwegian
- vestlig
- Romanian
- vestic
- Scottish Gaelic
- siar
- Serbo-Croatian
- zapadnjački
- Slovak
- západný
- Slovenian
- zahoden
- Welsh
- gorllewinol
- Yiddish
- מערבֿדיק mayrevdik
Noun film or other dramatic work
- French
- western
- German
- Western
- Italian
- western
- Portuguese
- faroeste
- Russian
- ве́стерн vɛ́stɛrn
- Chinese
- 西部片 xībùpiàn
- Japanese
- 西部劇 seibugeki
- Dutch
- western
- Polish
- western
- Swedish
- västern
9 more languages
- Korean
- 서부극 seobugeuk
- Portuguese (PT)
- faroeste
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 西部片 xībùpiàn
- Finnish
- lännenfilmi
- Georgian
- ვესტერნი vesṭerni
- Hebrew
- מַעֲרָבוֹן ma'arávon
- Icelandic
- vestri
- Norwegian
- western
- Slovak
- indiánka
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
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.
Far o'er the glowing western main.— John Keble
2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54