Hyphenation of western

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word western? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

west-ern

Definitions of western:

1.	A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
2.	A sandwich made from a western omelet
3.	Relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts The Western world Western thought Western thought
4.	Of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River A Western ranch
5.	Lying toward or situated in the west Our company's western office
6.	Of wind From the west

Synonyms of western:

adj	western, occidental, Hesperian
adj	westerly, west
adj	western, southwestern, midwestern, northwestern, west-central
adj	west
adj	westerly, west
noun	Western, horse opera, feature, feature film
noun	western sandwich, sandwich

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.