Wild West

Wild West

English

Proper noun

Wild West

1. (historical) The western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly.
2. (by extension) A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.

   The CEO commented that the Russian business environment of the 1990s was the Wild West.

See also

• Old West

Translations

western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Wilde Westen n Finnish: Villi länsi

French: Far West (fr) m, Far West (fr) m Georgian: ველური დასავლეთი (veluri dasavleti) Portuguese: Velho Oeste m Russian: Ди́кий За́пад (ru) m (Díkij Západ) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

place or situation in which disorderly behaviour prevails

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Wilde Westen n Finnish: villi länsi (fi)

French: far west (fr) m, (vulgar) bordel (fr), (informal) cirque (fr), (colloquial) foutoir (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: faroeste (pt) m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can