west

Summary

west is a cardinal direction^[1]. west draws 2,449 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• west's instance of is recorded as cardinal direction^[3].
• west's instance of is recorded as points of the compass^[4].
• west's Commons category is recorded as West^[5].
• west is the opposite of east^[6].
• west is the opposite of south^[7].
• west is the opposite of north^[8].
• west's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West^[9].
• west's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[10].
• west's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2^[11].
• west's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• west's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• west's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• west's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[15].
• west's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[16].
• west's different from is recorded as West^[17].
• west's different from is recorded as Ouest^[18].
• west's different from is recorded as Oeste^[19].
• west's different from is recorded as Westen^[20].
• west's different from is recorded as Zapad^[21].
• west's different from is recorded as Oest^[22].
• west's different from is recorded as Barat^[23].
• west's different from is recorded as 西^[24].
• west's different from is recorded as Vest^[25].
• west's different from is recorded as Wast^[26].
• west's different from is recorded as Vakarai^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cardinal direction^[3] and points of the compass^[4]. Recorded opposite of include east^[6], south^[7], and north^[8].

Influence

Things named for west include Morocco^[28], a constitutional monarchy^[29], in Morocco^[30], founded in 1956^[31]; West Virginia^[32], an U.S. state^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1863^[35]; West Bank^[36], an occupied territory^[37], in Palestine^[38], founded in 1949^[39]; West Bengal^[40], a state of India^[41], in India^[42], founded in 1950^[43]; Western Australia^[44], a state of Australia^[45], in Australia^[46], founded in 1901^[47]; Baltic Sea^[48], a marginal sea^[49], in Sweden^[50]; West Wing^[51], a wing^[52], in United States^[53]; and Western Theater of the American Civil War^[54], a theater of war^[55].

Why It Matters

west draws 2,449 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal_direction category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] west has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[56] west is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]

Entities named for west include Morocco^[28], a constitutional monarchy^[29], in Morocco^[30], founded in 1956^[31]; West Virginia^[32], an U.S. state^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1863^[35]; West Bank^[36], an occupied territory^[37], in Palestine^[38], founded in 1949^[39]; West Bengal^[40], a state of India^[41], in India^[42], founded in 1950^[43]; Western Australia^[44], a state of Australia^[45], in Australia^[46], founded in 1901^[47]; and Baltic Sea^[48], a marginal sea^[49], in Sweden^[50].