Western Hemisphere

See also: western hemisphere

English

The Western Hemisphere

Alternative forms

• western hemisphere

Proper noun

Western Hemisphere

2. The hemisphere in the 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.
3. (US, metonymic) The Americas.

Coordinate terms

• Eastern Hemisphere
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Water Hemisphere
• Land Hemisphere

Derived terms

• Western Hemispherian

Translations

hemisphere of the Earth

• Armenian: արեւմտյան կիսագունդ (arewmtyan kisagund)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西半球 (zh) (xībànqiú)

• French: hémisphère ouest (fr) m
• Georgian: დასავლეთი ნახევარსფერო (dasavleti naxevarspero), დასავლეთი ჰემისფერო (dasavleti hemispero)
• German: westliche Hemisphäre f
• Greek: Δυτικό Ημισφαίριο f pl (Dytikó Imisfaírio)
• Japanese: 西半球 (ja) (にしはんきゅう, nishihankyū)
• Korean: 서반구 (ko) (seoban'gu)
• Russian: За́падное полуша́рие n (Západnoje polušárije)
• Vietnamese: Tây Bán cầu

See also

• New World
• West