West is a cardinal direction or compass point.
West or The West may also refer to:
Geography and locations
editGlobal context
edit- The Western world
- Western culture and Western civilization in general
- The Western Bloc, countries allied with NATO during the Cold War
- The Occident, an early-modern term originated with geographical divisions mirroring the cultural divide between the Hellenistic east and Latin West, and the political divide between the Western and Eastern Roman empires
Regional contexts
edit- West River (disambiguation)
- The American frontier, also called "The Old West" or "The Wild West", an American process of westward movement from 1600 to 1920
- The Western Regions, a historical term for regions of Chinese suzerainty in Central Asia
- Western Territories (Ziemie Zachodnie) or Recovered Territories (Ziemie Odzyskane), Former eastern territories of Germany annexed to Poland
- West (Cornish hundred) or West Wivelshire, a county subdivision of Cornwall, England
- West (London sub region), a sub-region of the London Plan
- West Region (Cameroon)
- West, Mississippi, United States
- West, Texas, United States
- West, West Virginia, United States
- Western United States, a region in the United States of America
- West Township (disambiguation); all are in the United States
- Western Australia
- West Bengal
- Western Canada
- Canada West
- West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Astronomical locations
edit- Comet West, a comet discovered by Danish astronomer Richard M. West
- 2022 West, an asteroid
Acronyms
edit- Wales Evangelical School of Theology
- Western European Summer Time
- Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test, a monofilament esthesiometer
- Western European Satellite Triangulation subcommittee of IAG
- WEST, Tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, the name for the refitted Tore Supra tokamak reactor in Cadarache, France
People and fictional characters
edit- West (name), list of people with surname West
- Justice West (disambiguation)
- West Rosen, a fictional character from the television series Heroes
Film, television, and radio
edit- West (2007 film), a 2007 Australian drama directed by Daniel Krige
- West (2013 film), a German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow
- The West (1938 film), a 1938 French drama film
- The West (miniseries), a 1996 television documentary miniseries directed by Stephen Ives
- West (TV series), a 1973–74 Canadian documentary series
- WEST (AM), a radio station (1400 AM) licensed to Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Print media
edit- West (publisher), an American publisher
- "West" (short story), a story by Orson Scott Card
- The West (Mayakovsky), a 1922–1924 poetry cycle by Vladimir Mayakovsky
- West magazine, published in two separate periods by the Los Angeles Times (and otherwise known as the Los Angeles Times Magazine)
- San Jose Mercury News West Magazine or West, a Sunday magazine that succeeded the L.A. Times' West magazine
- The West Australian, a newspaper
- West (novel), a 2018 novel by Edith Pattou
Music
edit- West (EP), an album by Ego Likeness
- West (Lucinda Williams album), 2007, or the title song
- West (Mark Eitzel album)
- The West (album), an album by Matmos, or the title song
- "West" (song), a rock song by The Alice Rose
- "West", a 2001 song by rock duo Pinback from their album Blue Screen Life
Organizations
edit- West (brewery), a microbrewery in Glasgow, Scotland
- West Corporation, formerly West TeleServices
- West Hartlepool R.F.C. or simply West, a rugby football club
- West Race Cars, an American-Australian racing car manufacturer
- West High School (disambiguation)
Other uses
edit- West (cigarette), a tobacco brand
- West, the command-line tool in Zephyr (operating system)
- Toronto West Detention Centre, a maximum security remand facility
- Kingdom of the West, a region within the Society for Creative Anachronism
- One side in the East–West Shrine Game
See also
editSearch for "west" on Wikipedia.
- All pages with titles beginning with West
- Westlife, an Irish band
- Western (disambiguation)
- Wests (disambiguation)
- Ouest (department), Haiti
- Ouest (disambiguation), French for West
- Oeste Subregion, Portugal
- Oeste (disambiguation), Portuguese and Spanish for West
- All articles with "West" in the title