Western

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Western may refer to:

• Western culture (also called Western civilization), the human cultures of European origin
• Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West (Western United States)
  • Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature
• Western music (North America), a genre associated with cowboys and related to country music, especially in the United States
• Western riding, a horseback riding style
  • Western saddle, used for western riding
• Western blot, a method in molecular biology to detect a certain protein in a sample by using antibody specific to that protein
• Westernbank, a subsidiary of the W Holding Company
• Western Latin character sets (computing)

In geography:

• Western world, a particular group of countries, generally spanning Central and Western Europe and the Americas, also referred to as the "West" or the Occident
• Western Canada, which includes British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces of Canada
• Western United States, the Western portion of the United States, sometimes referred to as the "American West"
• Western, New York, a town in Oneida County, New York

In transportation:

• Western Airlines, a defunct airline
• Western (airline), a new, unrelated airline founded in 2006
• Western Express Air, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona
• Western (CTA), the name of multiple stations on the Chicago 'L' train system
• British Rail Class 52 locomotives were known as Westerns

Educational institutions:

• In Canada:
  • Western Technical-Commercial School in Toronto, Ontario
  • University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
  • Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta

• In the United States:
  • Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina
  • Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
  • Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut
  • Western High School in Washington, District of Columbia
  • Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois
  • Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, Colorado
  • Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan
  • Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington

• In Azerbaijan:
  • Western University in Baku

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