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western United States

western United States

3 1.8
The part of the United States west of the Mississippi River, including California and Nevada
  • proper noun
translation icon : oeste de Estados Unidos
  • Wildfire is a critical land management issue in the western United States.
  • rangeland in the western United States
  • university in the western United States
  • southern and western United States

So we were proud to carry the flag for the Western United States.

Examples

  • Strong connections of empathy and intellect have long flourished between academics in the Western United States and in Latin America.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Wildland fire is arguably the most important forest-related topic in the western United States today.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The alliance is already established in Canada and in the western United States.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Sam knows the cheapest places to stay all over the western United States.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Officers from all across the Western United States paid their respects, and the service received heavy local media coverage.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The price explosion was not confined to California but was felt all over the entire western United States.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Participants for this study were 1,034 college-aged students from a private university located in the western United States.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Mitchell, who performs without a computer, uses samplers, mixers, and MIDI keyboards and has toured the western United States performing his works.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Wildfire management is increasingly important in the western United States due to changing climate patterns.

  • Many people enjoy skiing in the mountains of the western United States during the winter months.

Synonyms

West
vswestern United States
  • US
∞ 1.0

The part of the United States west of the Mississippi River, like California and Nevada

is the identical concept but uses a longer phrase

Surface Forms

western United States main

Morphology

western + united + state

The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'western' simply specifies the western part of the 'United States', so the overall meaning is directly derived from the constituents. This modifier+place pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., western France) and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the words or the country name 'United States'.

Etymology

Western United States comes from the simple idea of direction: it names the states that lie to the west of the Mississippi River, the area people moved into when many Americans went 'west' in the 1800s to find land and gold. So today western United States means the part of the country on the western side, known for deserts, mountains, and wide open spaces.