western hemisphere
Speech parts
1. western hemisphere - Noun
2. Western hemisphere - Proper noun
Meaning
The hemisphere of the Earth to the west of the Greenwich Meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line).
(US, metonymically) The Americas.
(uncountable) Alternative spelling of Western Hemisphere
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see western, hemisphere.
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Examples
We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere.
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
According to the Bible, the apostles were ordered to go into all the world and preach the gospel-yet not one of them, nor one of their converts at any time, nor one of the vicars of God, for fifteen hundred years afterward, knew of the existence of the Western Hemisphere.
What do they mean by insolent remarks that the countries external to the Western Hemisphere are not allowed to have any interests there?... Take a look at the map of the U. S. military bases-the whole world is dotted with red spots and each of them poses rather serious risks.
I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.