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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

western hemisphere

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
west-ern hemi-sphere
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia.

name

The Americas.

American usage

noun

Alternative form of Western Hemisphere.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see western, hemisphere.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Western Hemisphere (canonical) western hemispheres (plural)

Phrases

Western Hemispherian New World

Frequently Paired Words

New World West Eastern Hemisphere Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Water Hemisphere Land Hemisphere

Synonyms

West Occident

Questions

What does western hemisphere mean?
The hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia.

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