Western may refer to:

Places

Western, Nebraska Western is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 224 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Western was laid out in 1872. It was likely named for Wesley West, a pioneer se ...

, a village in the US *

Western, New York Western is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,951 at the 2010 census. The Town of Western is an interior town of Oneida County, north of Rome. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1789. The Town of ...

, a town in the US *

Western Creek, Tasmania Western Creek is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Meander Valley in the North West region of Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state ...

, a locality in Australia *

Western Junction, Tasmania Western Junction is a semi-rural locality and town in the local government area of Northern Midlands in the Central region of Tasmania. It is located about north-east of the town of Longford. The 2016 census determined a population of 125 fo ...

, a locality in Australia *

Western world The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and state (polity), states in Western Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also const ...

, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture *

Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is List of regions of the United States, census regions United States Census Bureau. As American settlement i ...

, a region of the United States

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''Western'' (1997 film), a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier * ''Western'' (2017 film), a German-Austrian film

Genres

Western (genre) The Western is a genre of fiction typically Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and co ...

, a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West **

Western fiction Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and ...

, the Western genre as featured in literature **

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

, the western genre in film **

Western music (North America) Western music is a form of music composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Western music celebrates the Western lifestyle, lifestyle of the cowboy on the open range, along th ...

, a type of American folk music

Music

* ''Westerns'' (EP), an EP by Pete Yorn *

WSTRN WSTRN (a disemvoweling of the word Western, which is also pronounced) are a British hip hop/ R&B group from West London consisting of Akelle Charles, Haile (born Ras Haile Alexander), and Louis Rei (born Louis-Rae Beadle). Their debut single, " ...

, a British hip hop group from west London *"Western" a song by Black Midi from ''

Schlagenheim ''Schlagenheim'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Black Midi, released on 21 June 2019 through Rough Trade Records. The band recorded the majority of the album over a five-day period with producer Dan Carey at his studio in South ...

Business

The Western The Western Hotel and Casino was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The casino was owned and operated by the Barrick Gaming. The Western was the lowest rung of Jackie Gaughan's ''low-roller'' casino empire that included the L ...

, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, United States *

Western Cartridge Company The Western Cartridge Company was an American manufacturer of small arms and ammunition formerly based in East Alton, Illinois. Founded in 1898, it was the forerunner of the Olin Corporation, formed in 1944, of which Western was absorbed into. ...

, a manufacturer of ammunition *

Western Publishing Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was an American company founded in 1907 in Racine, Wisconsin, best known for publishing the Little Golden Books. Its Golden Books Family Entertainment division also ...

, a defunct publishing company

Educational institutions

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, s ...

in Bellingham, Washington, United States *

Western Theological Seminary Western Theological Seminary (WTS) is a private seminary located in Holland, Michigan. Established in 1866, it is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States ...

in Holland, Michigan, United States *

Western University of Health Sciences Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a Private university, private medical school, medical university in Pomona, California. With an enrollment of 3,724 students (2022–23), WesternU offers more than twenty academic programs in m ...

in Pomona, California, United States *

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

, London, Ontario, Canada (branded as Western University since 2012) *

Western University (Azerbaijan) Western Caspian University () is a private university in Baku, Azerbaijan. Founded in 1991 by Husein Baghirov, it has six schools, 25 majors, 180 faculty and approximately 1500 students. The university took its name because it is modeled after We ...

, Baku *

Western High School (disambiguation) Western High School may refer to: United States * Western High School (Anaheim, California), Anaheim, California * Western High School (Illinois), Barry, Illinois * Western High School (Florida), Davie, Florida * Western High School (Indiana), Rus ...

Foods

Denver sandwich A Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the ...

or Western sandwich *

Western omelet An omelette (sometimes omelet in American English; see spelling differences) is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs), fried with butter or oil in a frying pan. It is a common practice for an omelette to include fillings such as ch ...

Sport

* Western A.F.C., a football club from Christchurch, New Zealand * Western F.C., a former football club from Glasgow, Scotland *

Western Mustangs The Western Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent University of Western Ontario, Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The school's athletic program supports 46 Varsity team, varsity teams. Their mascot is a Mustang named J.W. a ...

, the athletic program of the University of Western Ontario (aka Western University) *

Western Open The Western Open was a professional golf tournament in the United States, for most of its history an event on the PGA Tour. The tournament's founding in 1899 actually pre-dated the start of the Tour, which is generally dated from 1916, the ye ...

, a professional golf tournament *

Westerns cricket team The Westerns cricket team was a first-class cricket team in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. They competed in the Logan Cup from 2006 to 2009. The club played their home matches at the Queens Sports Club. First-class record References Former sen ...

, a cricket team in Zimbabwe

Transportation

* Western (airline), an airline founded in 2006 * Western Railway (disambiguation), various railroads *

Western station (CTA Blue Line Forest Park branch) Western is a metro station, station on the Chicago 'L', 'L' system, serving the Blue Line (CTA), Blue Line's Forest Park station, Forest Park branch. It is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway. It serves the Near West Side, Chicag ...

Western station (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch) Western is an elevated rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" Blue Line (CTA), Blue Line, where it is located on the O'Hare branch. The station, opened in 1895, is located within the Bucktown neighborhood in the larger Logan Square, Chicago, L ...

* Western station (CTA Brown Line) *

Western station (CTA Orange Line) Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of public transport, mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago " ...

* Western station (CTA Pink Line) *

British Rail Class 52 The British Rail Class 52 is a class of 74 List of British Rail power classifications#Type 4, Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. All were given two-word names, the first w ...

or Westerns, a class of locomotives *

Western Airlines Western Airlines was a major airline in the United States based in California, operating in the Western United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and western Canada, as well as to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Miami and to Mex ...

, a defunct airline *

Western Express Air Western Express Air was a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona that was owned and operated by Falcon Executive Aviation. It discontinued all scheduled operations at the end of May 2007. Destinations * Arizona ** Bullhead City, Arizona, Bull ...

, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona, United States *

Western Air Western Air is a commercial airline based in the Bahamas offering daily flights throughout the islands of The Bahamas and South Florida. Western Air is a privately owned airline, established in 2000, headquartered at the San Andros Airport on An ...

, a Bahamian airline

People

* Western (surname), a list of people with the surname

Other uses

Toronto Western Hospital The Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) is a major research and teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the University Health Network (UHN). It has 256 beds, with 46,000 visits to its emergency department annually. It is known fo ...

, Toronto, Canada *

Western blot The western blot (sometimes called the protein immunoblot), or western blotting, is a widely used analytical technique in molecular biology and immunogenetics to detect specific proteins in a sample of tissue homogenate or extract. Besides detect ...

, an analytical technique to detect proteins *Of or pertaining to

Western culture Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, Western society, or simply the West, refers to the Cultural heritage, internally diverse culture of the Western world. The term "Western" encompas ...