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Meaning of west

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  west
      adv 1: to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona";
             "situated west of Boston"
      adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant:
             {east}]
      n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
           North America and South America [syn: {West}, {Occident}]
      2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
         {west}, {due west}, {westward}, {W}]
      3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
         Mississippi River [syn: {West}, {western United States}]
      4: the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass
         point
      5: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: {West},
         {Rebecca West}, {Dame Rebecca West}, {Cicily Isabel
         Fairfield}]
      6: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: {West}, {Mae
         West}]
      7: English painter (born in America) who became the second
         president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: {West},
         {Benjamin West}]
      8: a location in the western part of a country, region, or city

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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