WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Western Roman Empire mean? 

• WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (noun)
  The noun WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE has 1 sense:

1. the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476

  Familiarity information: WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (noun)

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Meaning:

The western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Western Empire; Western Roman Empire

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Western Roman Empire" is a part of...):

Roman Empire (an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome)