West

See also west

English

Proper noun

Wikipedia

the West

1. The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.
2. (historical) the Western Bloc (the noncommunist countries of Europe and America)
3. (US) The Western United States in the 19th century era of terrestrial expansion; the Wild West.
4. The western states of the United States.
5. The European Union a Western Region that is primarily an economic and political Bloc that covers 27 member states.
6. regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation
7. The western part of any region
8. the one of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or at the left of a diagram
9. a person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity

Proper noun

West

1. A surname for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.

Derived terms

• Midwest

Translations

Western world

• Arabic: غرب (ar) (gharb) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西方 (cmn) (Xīfāng), 歐美 (cmn), 欧美 (cmn) (Ōu-Měi), 西洋 (cmn) (Xīyáng)

• French: Occident (fr) m
• German: Westen (de) m
• Greek: Δύση (el) (Dýsi) f, Εσπερία (el) (Espería) f
• Greenlandic: aaqanngitsoq (kl)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: पश्चिम (hi) (paścim), मग़रिब (hi) (maġrib)

• Japanese: 西洋 (ja) (せいよう, Seiyō), 欧米 (ja) (おうべい, Ō-Bei)
• Khmer: បច្ឆិមទិស (km) (paccʰəm tɨh)
• Korean: 서양 (ko) (Seoyang) (西洋 (ko))
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: غرب (fa)
• Russian: Запад (ru) (Západ) m
• Spanish: Occidente (es) m
• Ukrainian: Захід (uk) (Záxid)
• Vietnamese: phưng tây (vi), phương Tây (vi)

Western block, Western Europe

• French: Ouest (fr) m
• German: Westen (de) m

• Russian: Запад (ru) (Západ) m

Western Europe, non-Cold War concept

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西方 (cmn) (Xīfāng)

• French: Occident (fr) m
• German: Westeuropa (de) n

• Greek: Εσπερία (el) (Espería) f, Δυτική Ευρώπη (el) (Dytikí Evrópi) f
• Japanese: 西洋 (ja) (せいよう, Seiyō)
• Russian: Запад (ru) (Západ) m

Western states of the United States

• French: Far West (fr) m
• Greek: Δυτικές Πολιτείες (el) (Dytikés Politeíes) f pl

• Japanese: 西部 (ja) (せいぶ, seibu)
• Russian: Дикий Запад (ru) (Díkij Západ) m

Anagrams

• stew, Stew
• wets

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German

West (on the left side of the card)

Etymology

From Old High German west, from Proto-Germanic *westą. Compare Dutch, English, and West Frisian west, Danish vest.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛst/

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Noun

West m

1. west (compass point)

Derived terms

• Westen

This German entry was created from the translations listed at west. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see West in the German Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008