west
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Old English west.
[edit] Noun
west (uncountable)
- 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.
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compass point
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[edit] Adjective
west
- 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.
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towards the west
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western
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occidental
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- Basque: sartaldeko (eu), mendebaleko (eu)
- Breton: kornôg (br)
- Interlingua: occidental, del west
- Italian: occidentale (it)
- Turkish: batı (tr)
[edit] Adverb
west (comparative more west, superlative most west)
[edit] Translations
towards the west
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[edit] Anglo-Norman
[edit] Etymology
Germanic, perhaps Old English west.
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west
[edit] Dutch
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[edit] Adverb
west (not comparable)
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| noordwest | noord | noordoost |
| west | oost | |
| zuidwest | zuid | zuidoost |
[edit] Italian
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west m. inv.
- West (historic area of America)
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west f.
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[edit] Old English
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Proto-Germanic *westan, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr
[edit] Adverb
west
- west
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