westernmost
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of westernmost
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Overnight, the core of the Category 2 storm passed within just 40 miles and 60 miles, respectively, of the archipelago's two westernmost islands -- sparsely populated Niihau and Kauai, home to some 70,000 people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
Those river systems and their surrounding basins also mark the westernmost and easternmost known distribution limits of the species described in the study.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
Indian passports were issued as far west as Aden in modern Yemen, which functioned as India's westernmost port and was administered as part of Bombay Province.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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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