Western Pomerania may be used as * a translation of the German term Vorpommern, also translated as Hither Pomerania, which may refer to * Western Pomerania * Swedish Pomerania * the modern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * the translation of the Polish term Pomorze Zachodnie, which may refer to * narrow Pomerania * the historical Duchy of Pomerania * the historical Prussian Province of Pomerania * the modern Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship