Western Hemispherian

noun

An inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere

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Meanings

nounWestern Hemispherian (plural Western Hemispherians)

plural Western Hemispherians

  1. nonstandardrareAn inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere

    And what was "Europe" to us Western Hemispherians?

    2000, Casey Nelson, Nothing gold can stay - Page 192
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    […] but I just wanted to find out if the 600 million fellow Western Hemispherians living along our side of this planet, […]

    2001, The western hemisphere's response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, p 31

    Nobody is going to refer to us as "North Americans," or "Western Hemispherians" or as "Citizens of the World," no matter how much we would like them to

    1991, Keith Banting, Policy Choices, p 151

    Synonyms: New Worlder

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere

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New Worlder
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americannew worlder

Origin

From Western Hemisphere + -ian.

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APA

Western Hemispherian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Western%20Hemispherian

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“Western Hemispherian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Western%20Hemispherian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Western Hemispherian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Western%20Hemispherian.

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