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

“But the Germans added new procedures, new complications, just as they launched their attack in Western Europe. Now we’re shut out again.”

From Literature

The Danish shipping giant said southwest and Western Europe are experiencing heavy storms and snowfall, forcing reduced productivity at terminals and depots.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Gibson’s story touches on slavery’s origins in Greece and Rome and their expanding empires across Western Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I was born 15 years after the Second World War," I said, "in a world America made. The peace and security and increasing prosperity of the Western Europe that I was born into was in large part an American achievement."

From BBC

Searching out the echoes of the Celtic foundation, Mr. Robb expresses the current mood of the isles and Western Europe more broadly.

From The Wall Street Journal