Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gateway_to_the_west

1 sense of gateway to the west

Sense 1
Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West -- (the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")
       INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)