Phrase guide
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, metonymically
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noun
Alternative form of Western Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see western, hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: occident, New World
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Broader terms: hemisphere
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Across languages
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