West

Proper noun

the West

1. The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.
2. The Western bloc; the countries of Western Europe.
3. (US) The Western United States in the 19th century era of terrestrial expansion; the Wild West.
4. The western states of the United States.
5. The western part of any region.
6. The European Union a Western Region that is primarily an economic and political Bloc that covers 27 Member States from Western Europe to Eastern Europe

Proper noun

West

1. A surname for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village.

Derived terms

• Midwest

West is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.

West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of east and is perpendicular to north and south.

By convention, the left side of a map is west.

To go west using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 270°.

West is the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation on its axis, and is therefore the general direction towards which the Sun sets.

During the Cold War "the West" was often used to refer to the NATO camp as opposed to the Warsaw Pact and non-aligned nations. The expression survives, with an increasingly ambiguous meaning.

Moving continuously west is following a circle of latitude, which, except in the case of the equator, is not a great circle.