Western
Appearance
Western may refer to:
Common uses and meanings
- West or western, a point in direction
- American frontier, a reference to the "Old West', Western, or American frontier (especially during the mid- to late-nineteenth century)
- Western world, e.g. as in "Western society", "Western attitudes", etc.
Places
- Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
- Western, New York, a town in the US
- Western Avenue (disambiguation)
- Western India, a loosely-defined area
People with the surname
- Matt Western, British Member of Parliament
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Western (1997 film), a 1997 French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier
- Western (2017 film), a 2017 German-Austrian film
Genres
- Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West
- Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature
- Western music (North America), a type of American folk music
Music
- Westerns (EP), an EP by Pete Yorn
Brands and enterprises
- Best Western, a hotel chain
- The Western, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, United States
- Western Cartridge Company, a manufacturer of ammunition
- Western Publishing, a defunct publishing company
Educational institutions
- University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada
- Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
- Western High School (disambiguation)
- Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, United States
- Western Illinois University-Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois, a branch of WIU
- Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, United States
- Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, United States
- Western University (Azerbaijan) in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, United States
- Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, United States
Foods
- Denver sandwich or Western sandwich
- Western omelet
Sport
- Western A.F.C., a football club from Christchurch, New Zealand
- Western Open, a professional golf tournament
- Westerns cricket team, a cricket team in Zimbabwe
Transportation
- Western (airline), an airline founded in 2006
- Several stations in Chicago:
- British Rail Class 52 or Westerns, a class of locomotives
- Western Airlines, a defunct airline
- Western Express Air, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona, United States
Other uses
- Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Western blot, an analytical technique to detect proteins
- Western text-type, used in textual criticism of Greek New Testament manuscripts
See also
- Gharbia Governorate (Western Governorate in English), Egypt
- West (disambiguation)
- Western Area, Sierra Leone
- Western Division, Fiji
- Western Division, The Gambia
- Western Region (disambiguation)
- Western Suburbs (disambiguation)
- Weston (disambiguation)
- Wests (disambiguation)
- Zapadny (disambiguation)
- All articles with "Western" in the title