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Western Hemisphere

Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries.

western hemisphere

1. that half of the globe containing the Americas, lying to the west of the Greenwich or another meridian

2. the lands contained in this, esp the Americas

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No references found	From out of the meagerness of our censored histories we learned that for fifteen years after the cessation of diplomatic relations between the United States of North America and the belligerent nations of the Old World, news of more or less doubtful authenticity filtered, from time to time, into the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern. The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context From the first discovery of the Western Hemisphere by Columbus until the settlement of Virginia which immediately preceded that of Plymouth, the various adventurers from the ancient world had exhibited upon innumerable occasions that ardor of enterprise and that stubbornness of pursuit which set all danger at defiance, and chained the violence of nature at their feet. John Quincy Adams,"Orations" by Adams, John Quincy View in context By such arts they sometimes entered society on the other side before they did so at home; it was to be added at the same time that this resource was less and less valuable, for Europe, in the American world, had less and less prestige and people in the Western hemisphere now kept a watch on that roundabout road. Pandora by James, Henry View in context	Western American Subregion Western Australia Western Baboon Western blotting Western Byelorussia Western Canada Wilderness Committee Western Cape Western Carpathians Western Caucasus Western Channel Western Desert Western Digital Western Digital Corporation Western Dvina Western Dvina River Western Electric Co. Inc. Western Empire Western Equatorial Countercurrent Western equine encephalitis Western European Union Western Federation of Miners western frame western framing Western Gateway Heritage State Park Western Ghats western hemisphere western hemlock Western Heritage Historic Byway Western Indian bronze Western Isles western larch Western Michigan University Western National Parks Association Western Ontario, University Western Ontario, University of Western Pacific Geosynclinal Belt Western Pontic Mountains Western Province Western Proving Ground western red cedar Western Reserve Western Rumanian Mountains Western Sahara Western Sakhalin Mountains Western Samoa Western Scheldt Western Siberia Western Siberian Artesian Basin Western Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Union of Western Siberian Economic Region Western Siberian Lowland	Western Growers Insurance Services Western Guaranty Fund Services Western Guilford High School Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program Western Gulf of Alaska Western Gulf of Lyons Western Gulf of Maine Western Gun Parts Ltd. Western Han Western Han Western Han Dynasty Western Han Dynasty Western Handicap Bowling Association Western Harbour Tunnel Company Ltd. Western Hardrock Watershed Team Western Hardwood Association Western Harley Racing Association Western Harnett High School Western Harnett Middle School Western Health Advantage Western Health and Social Services Board Western Health Improvement Network Western Health Information Collaborative Western Healthcare Insurance Trust Western Heights Preservation Society western hellebore western hemisphere Western Hemisphere Affairs Western Hemisphere Defense Western Hemisphere Department Western Hemisphere Finance Ministers Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area Western Hemisphere Free Trade Association Western Hemisphere Information Exchange Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Western Hemisphere Policy Watch Western Hemisphere Region Western Hemisphere Research and Education Network Western Hemisphere Reserve Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Western Hemisphere Trade Corporation Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Western Hemisphere Warm Pool Western Hemispheric Trade Information Center western hemlock western hemlock Western Hemlock Looper western hemlocks western hemlocks western hen flea Western herbal medicine Western herbal medicine Western Herbalism Western Heritage Credit Union

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From out of the meagerness of our censored histories we learned that for fifteen years after the cessation of diplomatic relations between the United States of North America and the belligerent nations of the Old World, news of more or less doubtful authenticity filtered, from time to time, into the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern.

The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

From the first discovery of the Western Hemisphere by Columbus until the settlement of Virginia which immediately preceded that of Plymouth, the various adventurers from the ancient world had exhibited upon innumerable occasions that ardor of enterprise and that stubbornness of pursuit which set all danger at defiance, and chained the violence of nature at their feet.

John Quincy Adams,"Orations" by Adams, John Quincy View in context

By such arts they sometimes entered society on the other side before they did so at home; it was to be added at the same time that this resource was less and less valuable, for Europe, in the American world, had less and less prestige and people in the Western hemisphere now kept a watch on that roundabout road.

Pandora by James, Henry View in context

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Western Canada Wilderness Committee