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English

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Etymology

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  • In most senses and as an English surname, fromwest, the direction.
  • As aFinnish surname, Americanized fromVesterinen.

Proper noun

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West (countable anduncountable,pluralWests)

  1. A placename:
    1. Thewestern world; i.e. Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes includes Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand.
    2. (historical) TheWestern Bloc (thenon-communist nations ofEurope andAmerica).
      • 1994 [1994 March 30],Richard Nixon, “Author's Note”, inBeyond Peace‎[1],New York:Random House,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page253:
        When I came to Washington forty-seven years ago, the predominant issue was ensuring that the United States would step up to the communist threat, both abroad and at home. The ultimate satisfaction is to have lived long enough to see theWest defeat communism and begin a new, equally arduous, equally noble campaign to ensure the victory of freedom, both abroad and at home.
      • 2022 August 24, Steve Scherer, Ismail Shakil, “China warns of 'forceful measures' if Canada interferes in Taiwan”, in Tomasz Janowski, editor,Reuters‎[2], archived fromthe original on24 August 2022, World‎[3]:
        The relationship between China and theWest has worsened since U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this month against Beijing's wishes.
    3. (US) TheWesternUnited States (sometimesexcluding theWest Coast),particularly(historical) inreference to the19th centuryWild West.
    4. A town inHolmes County,Mississippi,United States.
    5. A city inMcLennan County,Texas,United States.
    6. Anunincorporatedcommunity inWetzel County,West Virginia,United States.
    7. A number oftownships in theUnited States, inIllinois (2),Indiana,Iowa,Missouri,Ohio andPennsylvania, listed underWest Township.
  2. Regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation.
  3. Thewestern part of any region.
    Senegal is a nation that lies in theWest.
  4. One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram.
  5. (countable) A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity.
  6. (countable)Asurname from Middle English for a newcomer from thewest, or someone who lived to the west of a village.

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Translations

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Western world
Western block, Western Europe
Western Europe, non-Cold War concept
Western states of the United States

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German

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High German andOld High Germanwest, fromProto-West Germanic*westr. CompareDutchwest,Englishwest,West Frisianwest,Danishvest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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West m (strong,genitiveWestsorWest,no plural)

  1. thewest(used without article; a short form ofWesten)
    der Wind kommt aus West ―the wind is coming from the west
  2. a wind coming from the west(used with article)

Declension

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Declension ofWest [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef.def.noun
nominativeeinderWest
genitiveeinesdesWests,West
dativeeinemdemWest
accusativeeinendenWest

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compass points (short-form): [edit]

NordwestNordNordost
WestOst
SüdwestSüdSüdost

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