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-"'''Western'''" refers to "[[the West]]" (the [[Occident]]), or [[Europe]] as opposed to [[Asia]], or the [[Orient]] (the East) is a term relating to those countries and people aligned with [[Western Christendom]] (as described by historian [[Arnold Toynbee]]). The Western world was led by [[England]] (see [[British Empire]]) until the ascendancy of the [[United States of America]].
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+*[[Western civilization]]
-However this term is not exclusively used to refer to [[anglophone]] nations nor is it used to refer to countries aligned on the western side on a standard [[world map]]. European nations such as [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] are counted as "Western" states whereas some countries in [[South America]], such as [[Peru]] and [[Chile]], are not. [[Russia]] is a Western country but it created its own flank within the West.
+*[[Western (movie genre)]]
-The rule of thumb is that it is used to refer to nations that have an origin in the [[Latin]]/[[Germanic]]/[[Slavic]] roots of and have a similar high level of societal development (e.g. [[Australia]].)
-In the United States, the term is often used to identify films and [[television]] programs set in the western states from c. 1860 to 1910.
-==See also==
-* [[Europe]]
-* [[The West]] and [[First World]]
-* [[Western (movie genre)]]
 *[[The West]]
-*[[Western civilization]]
-[[Category:Geography]]