West (disambiguation) explained
West is a cardinal direction or compass point.
West or The West may also refer to:
Geography and locations
Global context
- 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
- 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
Acronyms
People and fictional characters
Film, television, and radio
Print media
Music
Organizations
Other uses
See also