Western, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 287
Housing Units (2000): 151
Land area (2000): 0.445541 sq. miles (1.153947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.445541 sq. miles (1.153947 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52295
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.392050 N, 97.198259 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68464
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Western, NE Western

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Western \West"ern\, a. [1913 Webster]

1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. [1913 Webster]

Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. [1913 Webster]

Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin.

Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

77 Moby Thesaurus words for "Western": 3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Marchen, Technicolor, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, animated cartoon, apologue, bedtime story, black-and-white film, cartoon, chiller, cinema, color film, creepie, detective story, documentary, documentary film, educational film, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, fiction, film, flick, flicker, folk story, folktale, gest, ghost story, horror picture, horse opera, legend, love story, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, mythos, newsreel, nudie, nursery tale, parable, photodrama, photoplay, picture, picture show, pornographic film, preview, romance, science fiction, shocker, short, silent, silent film, skin flick, sneak preview, space fiction, space opera, spaghetti Western, suspense story, talkie, talking picture, thriller, trailer, underground film, whodunit, work of fiction

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "western": antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, horse opera, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, westernmost

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

western adj
1: relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire" [ant: eastern]
2: lying in or toward the west [syn: westerly]
3: of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" [ant: eastern]
4: lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"
5: of wind; from the west [syn: westerly]

noun

1: a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development [syn: horse opera]
2: a sandwich made from a western omelet [syn: western sandwich]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Western \West"ern\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.

Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble.

2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.

Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin.

Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)