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westernmost

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

adjective

  1. most western or westerly; farthest west.


Etymology

Origin of westernmost

First recorded in 1695–1705; western + -most

Example Sentences

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In mid-October, he told his tens of thousands of social media followers that an earthquake would soon hit at the westernmost point of California, south of the small coastal city of Eureka.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

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

Cimarron County is the westernmost county at the tip of the Oklahoma Panhandle with a population of fewer than 2,300 people.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 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

The body of the caravan was forty tarpan horses, twenty camels, and twenty pack mules, all carrying goods first to Turfan, in westernmost China, then to Kashgar.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri