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Noun. 1. western hemisphere-the hemisphere that includes North America and South America. New World, occident. hemisphere-half of the terrestrial globe. North America-a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. South America-a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.
In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the Old World, there also exist projections which use the 20th meridian west and the diametrically opposed 160th meridian east to define the hemisphere.