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▸ noun: The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
▸ noun: (ecclesiastical) 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.
▸ adjective: Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
▸ adjective: (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
▸ adjective: Of or pertaining to the west; western.
▸ adjective: From the West; occidental.
▸ adjective: (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
▸ adverb: Towards the west; westwards.
▸ verb: To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
▸ noun: A placename:
▸ noun: The western world; i.e. Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes includes Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand.
▸ noun: (historical) The Western Bloc (the non-communist nations of Europe and America).
▸ noun: (US) The Western United States (sometimes excluding the West Coast), particularly (historical) in reference to the 19th century Wild West.
▸ noun: A town in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.
▸ noun: A city in McLennan County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
▸ noun: A number of townships in the United States, in Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under West Township.
▸ noun: Regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation.
▸ noun: The western part of any region.
▸ noun: One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram.
▸ noun: (countable) A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity.
▸ noun: (countable) A surname from Middle English for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.
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