west

IPA: wˈɛst

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.
The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
A placename
The western world; i.e. Western Europe and the Americas.
(historical) the Western Bloc (the non-communist countries of Europe and America)
(US) The Western United States (sometimes excluding the West Coast), particularly (historical) in reference to the 19th century Wild West.
A town in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.
A city in McLennan County, Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
Regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation.
The western part of any region.
One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram.
(countable) A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity.
(countable) A surname from Middle English for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.

Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
(meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
Of or pertaining to the west; western.
From the West; occidental.
(ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

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