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Summary
west is a cardinal direction[1]. west draws 4,404 Wikipedia views per month (cardinal direction category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: points of the compass[3]
- Commons category: West[4]
- Opposite of: east[5], south[6], north[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:West[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[15]
- Different from: West[16], Ouest[17], Oeste[18], Westen[19], Zapad[20], Oest[21], Barat[22], 西[23], Vest[24], Wast[25], Vakarai[26], Lehndi[27], Western Punjabi[28], Lahnda[29]
- Position angle: 270[30]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q21200422[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from west[33]
- P14884: 0045094[34]
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Influence
Things named for west include Morocco[35], a constitutional monarchy[36], in Morocco[37], founded in 1956[38]; West Bank[39], an occupied territory[40], in Palestine[41], founded in 1949[42]; West Virginia[43], an U.S. state[44], in United States[45], founded in 1863[46]; West Bengal[47], a state of India[48], in India[49], founded in 1950[50]; Baltic Sea[51], a marginal sea[52], in Sweden[53]; North Sea[54], a sea[55], in Norway[56]; Western Australia[57], a state of Australia[58], in Australia[59], founded in 1901[60]; and Seibu Railway[61], a major railway company[62], in Japan[63], founded in 1894[64], headquartered in Kusunokidai[65].
Why It Matters
west has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] west is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for west include Morocco[35], a constitutional monarchy[36], in Morocco[37], founded in 1956[38]; West Bank[39], an occupied territory[40], in Palestine[41], founded in 1949[42]; West Virginia[43], an U.S. state[44], in United States[45], founded in 1863[46]; West Bengal[47], a state of India[48], in India[49], founded in 1950[50]; Baltic Sea[51], a marginal sea[52], in Sweden[53]; and North Sea[54], a sea[55], in Norway[56].