West
- Proper noun. The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.
- Proper noun. The Western bloc; the countries of Western Europe.
- Proper noun. (US) The Western United States in the 19th century era of terrestrial expansion; the Wild West.
- Proper noun. The western states of the United States.
- Proper noun. The western part of any region.
- Proper noun. The European Union a Western Region that is primarily an economic and political Bloc that covers 27 Member States from Western Europe to Eastern Europe.
- Proper noun. (surname, from Middle English) for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.
- Noun. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
- Adjective. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- Adjective. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- Adjective. From the West; occidental.
- Adverb. Towards the west; westwards.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.