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Westeros

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A fictional continent where most of the story in Game of Thrones takes place
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwɛstərɒs/
  • Literature
: Westeros
  • Along the 30 hours of gameplay offered by Game of Thrones, play as Mors, sworn brother of the Night's Watch, and Alester, a Red Priest in search of redemption who is back to Westeros after a long exile.
  • sail to Westeros
  • rule Westeros
  • world of Westeros

And then the people that never came from Westeros are like, we send him to the Wall.

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Examples

  • In the popular series, much of the action takes place in Westeros, a fictional continent filled with political intrigue.

  • The Hand of King Robert Baratheon has just passed away, and these two charismatic heroes will find themselves dragged into a grand quest that will lead them through familiar and gorgeous places of Westeros, such as the Wall and its region, or the famous King's Landing.

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  • And then the people that never came from Westeros are like, we send him to the Wall.

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  • There's no more peanuts left in Westeros and and the whole place gets wiped out.

  • In the world of Game of Thrones, we have the royalty of Westeros, the noble houses of Westeros, and the wealthy or battle season of S host who seem to be leading these trends.

  • The same goes for Tolkien, Robert Holdstock's MYTHAGO books, or even Martin's Westeros.

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  • The Targaryens, with their Dragons and their allies, Houses Valerian and Kaltiga, now controlled the crucial trade routes from Westeros to Essos.

  • If they really pull it off, I can only applaud them for cutting Ramsay from S2, which was debated fiercely here and over at Westeros...

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  • The noble houses of Westeros often vie for control over the Iron Throne.

  • Fans eagerly discuss the fate of their favorite characters in Westeros as the story unfolds.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Westeros = west (semi-transparent) = west + eros

The name clearly evokes 'west' so learners can infer it denotes a western land, but the invented suffix '-eros' is nonstandard and fiction-specific.

Etymology

Westeros was created by the author and joins west ('the direction') with the ending -eros to sound like the name of a land. So Westeros means the 'western land' in the story, which helps you remember it is the continent where much of the action takes place.