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spaghetti western

spaghetti western noun: a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.

Noun (1)

spaghetti western (plural spaghetti westerns)

  1. A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
    • “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
    • Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns, Oldcastle Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Italo-western, spaghetti

Noun (2) capitalized: Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western (plural Spaghetti Westerns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.

Noun (3) capitalized: spaghetti Western

spaghetti Western (plural spaghetti Westerns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.

spaghetti western meaning in Arabic, Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese

spaghetti western in Arabic

motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
فِلْم سْبَاغِيتِي film sbāḡītī, غَرْبِيّ سْبَاغِيتِي ḡarbiyy sbāḡītī, سْبَاغِيتِي وَسْتَرْن sbāḡītī wastarn

spaghetti western in Indonesian

motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Koboi Italia

spaghetti western in Persian

motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
وسترن اسپاگتی vestern espâgeti

spaghetti western in Vietnamese

motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
phim Cao bồi Ý

Synonyms of spaghetti western

Forms of spaghetti western

pluralspaghetti westerns
alternative formspaghetti Western
alternative formSpaghetti Western
pluralSpaghetti Westerns
pluralspaghetti Westerns

Origin of spaghetti western

From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

Questions about spaghetti western

What does spaghetti western mean?
Spaghetti western means a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
What is spaghetti western in Arabic?
Spaghetti western in Arabic is فِلْم سْبَاغِيتِي (film sbāḡītī), غَرْبِيّ سْبَاغِيتِي (ḡarbiyy sbāḡītī), سْبَاغِيتِي وَسْتَرْن (sbāḡītī wastarn). See Spaghetti western meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is spaghetti western?
Spaghetti western is a noun.
What is the plural of spaghetti western?
The plural of spaghetti western is spaghetti westerns.

Words near spaghetti western in the dictionary

  1. spaghetti string
  2. spaghetti stringing
  3. spaghetti strings
  4. spaghetti tongs
  5. spaghetti up
  6. spaghetti western
  7. spaghetti westerns
  8. spaghetti worm
  9. spaghetti worms
  10. spaghetti-strung
  11. spaghettied

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