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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /wɛst/
SAMPA: /wEst/

[edit] Etymology

Old English west

[edit] Noun

Singular
west

Plural
uncountable

west (uncountable)

  1. 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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west

  1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  2. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  4. From the West; occidental.

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west

  1. Towards the west; westwards.

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[edit] Dutch

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west

  1. west

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[edit] Italian

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west m. inv.

  1. West (historic area of America)

[edit] Kurdish

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west, f

  1. act of tiring or getting tired

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *westam, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr

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west

  1. west
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