Western Hemisphere

== English == === Alternative forms === western hemisphere === Proper noun === the Western Hemisphere 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. (US, metonymic) The Americas. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Western Hemispherian ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== New World West