Western
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Western may refer to:
Common uses and meanings
- of the Western world, e.g. as in "Western society", "Western attitudes", etc.
- 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
Places
- Western, Nebraska, United States, a village
- Western, New York, United States, a town
- Western Avenue (disambiguation), a list of roads sharing the same name
Art, entertainment, and media
- Western (film), a 1997 French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier
- Western Publishing, a defunct publishing company
- Westerns (EP), an EP by Pete Yorn
Educational institutions
- Western High School (disambiguation)
- Western University (Azerbaijan) in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
- Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, Colorado, United States
- Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, United States
- Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, United States
- University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada
- Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, United States
- Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, United States
- Western Illinois University-Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois, a branch of WIU
Sport
- Western A.F.C., a football club from Christchurch, New Zealand
- Western Open, a professional golf tournament
- Westerns cricket team, cricket team in Zimbabwe
Transportation
- Western (airline), an airline founded in 2006
- Western (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station) a station in Chicago
- Western (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station), a station in Chicago
- Western (CTA Brown Line station), a station in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Western (CTA Orange Line station) a station in Chicago
- Western (CTA Pink Line station), a station in Chicago
- Western Airlines, a defunct airline
- Western Express Air, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona, United States
- British Rail Class 52 or Westerns, a class of locomotives
Other uses
- The Western, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, United States
- Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Western blot, an analytical technique to detect proteins
- Western Cartridge Company, a manufacturer of ammunition
- Western text-type, used in textual criticism of Greek New Testament manuscripts
- Denver sandwich or Western sandwich
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
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