western

Значение (Английский)

Adj

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
2. Blowing from the west; westerly.
3. Occidental.

Noun

A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

Синонимы

west

westerly

occidental

western sandwich

Western

westerner

westward

westernmost

occiduous

westwards

Hesperian

Occident

living in the west

not eastern

oater

European

Пишется через дефис как

west‧ern

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈwɛstɚn/

Этимология (Английский)

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.
Morphologically west + -ern.