[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster
see also:
western church latin church latin western empire 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
eastern westerly horse opera western sandwich 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "western":
   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

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "western":
   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

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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 codes: 68464

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

western, ne -- u.s. village in nebraska
   population 2000:    287
   housing units 2000: 151
   land area 2000:     0.445541 sq. miles 1.153947 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.445541 sq. miles 1.153947 sq. km
   fips code:            52295
   located within:       nebraska ne, fips 31
   location:             40.392050 n, 97.198259 w
   zip codes 1990:     68464
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    western, ne
    western

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