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Definition of West

West Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west. The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident. Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article. Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. Westward. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west. Related Definitions: Alleghany, An, And, Angles, Article, As, At, Been, By, Called, Cardinal, Chancel, Choir, Church, Coming, Commonly, Compass, Containing, Corresponding, Country, Course, Definite, Designating, Direction, Directly, Discovered, Earth, East, Equinox, Facing, Farthest, Formerly, Four, From, Hand, Having, Hemisphere, In, Indian, Is, It, Left, Line, Lying, Move, New, North, Now, Observation, Occident, Of, On, One, Opposite, Or, Other, Part, Pass, Person, Point, Proceeding, Reckoning, Regard, Region, Right, River, Sailing, Seen, Set, Situated, So, Some, South, Sun, Territory, That, The, To, Toward, Turn, United, Veer, West, Western, Westward, Where, Which, Whole, Wind, With, World

West Quotations In the West, you take people at their word. Ken Salazar Go west, young man. Horace Greeley Go West, young man. Aaron Burr Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. Groucho Marx In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true. Buddha

West Translations West in Danish is vest west in Danish is vest west in Dutch is west West in Dutch is west, westen west in Dutch is westen West in French is ouest west in French is couchant, ouest west in German is Westen west in Italian is ovest West in Italian is ovest west in Norwegian is vest, vest West in Portuguese is oeste west in Portuguese is oeste, ocidental west in Spanish is poniente, oeste West in Spanish is oeste

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