# spaghetti western

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spaghetti-western