western

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.

the western approaches

Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.

Occidental.

Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki) and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western style, in horizontal lines (yokogaki) from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (western) understanding of the front.

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

Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).

As Western culture became increasingly mechanized in the 1600s, the female earth and virgin earth spirit were subdued by the machine.

He would be as happy with her as he would be with Jennie—almost—and he would have the satisfaction of knowing that this Western social and financial world held no more significant figure than himself.

Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).

Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).

He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.

Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).