westernmost
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of westernmost
Example Sentences
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Uyghurs, a Turkic minority, hail from China's westernmost province, Xinjiang.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Soon the family finds itself at the mercy of poor soil, fickle weather and a heartless landlord on “the westernmost scrap of Europe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
On New Island, the westernmost island in the archipelago, scientists have uncovered possible evidence of human settlement consistent with the mobile, sea-faring culture of the Yagán.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024
These rivers and their associated basins also mark the westernmost and easternmost distribution boundaries of the Ayeyarwady pit viper.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
He drank what water he had left in the sealskin pouch, and steered around the westernmost headland until he came into a wide strait between it and a second island lying to the west.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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