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West

UK/wɛst/ US/wɛst/ common us
noun (6) adjective (1) adverb (1)

noun

1.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

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2.

the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

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3.

the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

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4.
5.

United States film actress (1892-1980)

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6.

English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)

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adjective

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adverb

1.

to, toward, or in the west

  • “we moved west to Arizona”
  • “situated west of Boston”

Origin

PIE word *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros (“evening”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (...

Phrases

  • Airport West
  • Alberton West
  • Arnold West
  • Aurora West
  • Awang West
  • Baffle West
  • Bagong Bario West
  • Barangay West

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