westernmost

American

[wes-tern-mohst, -muhst] / ˈwɛs tərnˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

most western or westerly; farthest west.

westernmost British

/ ˈwɛstənˌməʊst /

adjective

situated or occurring farthest west

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Etymology

Origin of westernmost

First recorded in 1695–1705; western + -most

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Totoki, 62, grew up in Yamaguchi, a prefecture on the westernmost tip of Japan’s main island famous for lush forests and noodles fried on hot tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Uyghurs, a Turkic minority, hail from China's westernmost province, Xinjiang.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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

To Ranzi's surprise, in his home state of Acre—Brazil's westernmost region, a ranching center—PRONAPABA discovered half a dozen large circular ditches carved into the newly cleared land.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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