west

Oznaczający (English)

Noun

1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Adj

1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. Of wind: from the west.
3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. From the West; occidental.
5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

Adv

Towards the west; westwards.

Verb

To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.

Synonyms

western

westward

westerly

West

sunset

westwards

occidental

east

west wind

occident

north

south

due west

W

W

northwest

Hesperian

Occident

western part

Western countries

people down west

above

people out west

down here

downhill

eclipse

inland

north-east

set

setting

southeast

south-west

square

sundown

under

universe

wind

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/wɛst/

Etymologia (English)

Inherited from średnioangielski: west

Inherited from staroangielski: west

Cognate with scots: wast

Cognate with fryzyjski saterlandzki: Wääste

Cognate with zachodniofryzyjski: west

Cognate with niderlandzki: west

Cognate with niemiecki: West

Cognate with duński: vest

Cognate with starofrancuski: west

Cognate with francuski: ouest

Cognate with hiszpański: oeste

Cognate with portugalski: oeste

Cognate with kataloński: oest

Cognate with galicyjski: oeste

Cognate with włoski: ovest

Cognate with łaciński: vesper

In summary

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Portuguese oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper (“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.

Zdania

The village is also west of Manchester Airport .

The Workers Indoor Arena is located to the west of the stadium .

It is located to the west of Yalta .

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .

Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne .