What does western United States mean?
Sense 1western United States [BACK TO TOP] Meaning: The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River Classified under: Nouns denoting spatial position Synonyms: western United States; West Hypernyms (“western United States” is a kind of…): geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth) Meronyms (parts of “western United States”): Santa Fe Trail (a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century) West Coast (the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California) Northwest; northwestern United States (the northwestern region of the United States) Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States) Attribute: western (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River) Domain member region: ghost town (a deserted settlement (especially in Western U