How to pronounce western

Say it like this: /ˈwɛstɚn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈwɛstɚn/

What does western mean?

adjOf, facing, situated in, or related to the west.

“the western approaches”

Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.

Occidental.

nounA film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and

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