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Meaning of Western Hemisphere | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see western, hemisphere.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The Americas.
    US, metonymically

Equivalents

Deutsch westliche Hemisphäre
Français hémisphère ouest
हिन्दी पश्चिमी गोलार्ध
日本語 西半球
ქართული დასავლეთი ნახევარსფერო
한국어 서반구
Русский За́падное полуша́рие
Tiếng Việt Tây Bán cầu

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Western Hemispherian western hemlock Western Highland Purepecha western honey bee western honey mesquite Western Imperium

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