Meaning

noun the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

noun the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

noun the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

originPIE word *wek(ʷ)speros From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west…

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