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WESTERN UNITED STATES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

Synonyms:

West; western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "western United States"):

Santa Fe Trail (a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century)

Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado)

Northwest; northwestern United States (the northwestern region of the United States)

West Coast (the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California)

Attribute:

western (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River)

Domain member region:

ghost town (a deserted settlement (especially in western United States))

butte (a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides)

dry wash; wash (the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon))

sourdough (a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska))

Instance hyponyms:

Wild West (the western United States during its frontier period)

Holonyms ("western United States" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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