westernmost

adjective

west·​ern·​most ˈwe-stərn-ˌmōst How to pronounce westernmost (audio)
: furthest to the west
… wild species in the westernmost Amazon of Colombia and Ecuador.— Richard Evans Schultes
The view in the photographs is near the western boundary of the westernmost county in Kansas …— Thomas & Geraldine Vale

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But, if the flying insect does venture into the Free State in 2025, scientists believe it will be confined to the westernmost portions of Maryland bordering Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025 However, in 2009, scientists found an erosion channel between the Gulf of Cadiz in southern Spain to the Alboran Sea (the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea), indicating that a single, rapid flooding event refilled the sea: the Zanclean megaflood. — Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 It is being held in the vicinity of Guam, America's westernmost territory and a U.S. military hub, which can project power within the first and second island chains. — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 At present, no deck planks remain on the wider, westernmost portion of the pier called the hammerhead. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for westernmost

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of westernmost was in 1589

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