Western Europe

Cultural  

1. Those nations in Europe that were not part of the Eastern Bloc, or more specifically, those nations allied with the United States in NATO (except Turkey). Neutral or nonaligned nations such as Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and Spain, though western European in terms of geography, are not usually meant when the term “Western Europe” is used as the opposite for terms such as “Eastern Europe,” “the Eastern Bloc,” or “communist Europe.”

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Example Sentences

For the foreseeable future, he plans to direct his customers towards other destinations further west, such as the Mediterranean, Western Europe and the Caribbean.

From Barron's

Italy stood out in western Europe when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC

There are five regional hospitals across Greenland, which is home to just 57,000 people but is roughly the size of western Europe.

From Barron's

But Zelensky, with a new team, still commands approval ratings that most leaders in Western Europe can only dream about.

From BBC

When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.

From BBC