West

  1. Proper noun.  The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.
  2. Proper noun.  The Western bloc; the countries of Western Europe.
  3. Proper noun.  (US) The Western United States in the 19th century era of terrestrial expansion; the Wild West.
  4. Proper noun.  The western states of the United States.
  5. Proper noun.  The western part of any region.
  6. 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.
  7. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.
  8. 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.
  9. Adjective.  Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  10. Adjective.  (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  11. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  12. Adjective.  From the West; occidental.
  13. Adverb.  Towards the west; westwards.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.