Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
  2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A placename:
  3. (US, countable, uncountable) A placename:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
  5. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
  7. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
  8. (countable, uncountable) Regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation.
  9. (countable, uncountable) The western part of any region.
  10. (countable, uncountable) One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram.
  11. (countable) A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity.
  12. (countable) A surname from Middle English for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.

Synonyms

Cicily Isabel Fairfield

Dame Rebecca West

western United States

west wind

Benjamin West

Rebecca West

western lands

western part

Europe and America

Frequency

B1
Etymology

* In most senses and as an English surname, from west, the direction. * As a Finnish surname, Americanized from Vesterinen.

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