west
Etymology
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*wek(ʷ)speros |
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From Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).. Cognate with Шкотски wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Холандски west, Немачки West, Дански vest. Cognate also with Стари Француски west, Француски ouest, Шпански oeste, Португалски oeste, Каталонски oest, Галицијски oeste, Италијански ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Латински vesper, with which it is possibly cognate via Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)..
Pronunciation
- enPR: wĕst, МФА(кључ): /wɛst/
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Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.Audio (US) (file) - Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Noun
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- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
- The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
- Lua грешка in Модул:labels at line 82: attempt to call method 'getNonEtymologicalCode' (a nil value). In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press (→ISBN)
- In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.
- 2000, Mark L. MacDonald, The Chant of Life: Liturgical Studies Four, Church Publishing, Inc. (→ISBN), page 98:
- The seating for honored persons (clergy) is at the liturgical west, opposite the entrance and lectern.
- 2007, Patrick Malloy, Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers, Church Publishing, Inc. (→ISBN), page 155:
- In most worship spaces, this will put the thurifer and gospeller facing liturgical west, book bearer facing liturgical east (or the book on the reading desk), and the torch bearers turned inward, facing the book.
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press (→ISBN), page 365:
- Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.
- 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press (→ISBN)
Coordinate terms
northwest | north | northeast |
west | ![]() |
east |
southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Clayton West
- East and West Buckland
- east-west
- Geelong West
- Greenock West
- Helena-West Helena
- Key West
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Mashonaland West
- Newcastle West
- north-northwest
- northwest
- Passage West
- Robeston West
- Somerset West and Taunton
- south-southwest
- southwest
- West
- West Ardsley
- West Auckland
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Bay
- West Berkshire
- West Branch
- West Bridgford
- West Bromwich
- West Buckland
- West Burton
- West Byfleet
- west by north
- west by south
- West Calder
- West Carlton
- West Carroll Parish
- West Chester, Westchester
- West Chevington
- West Clandon
- West Coast
- West Country
- West Crewkerne
- West Curthwaite
- West Dean, Westdean
- West Derby
- West Dereham
- West Devon
- West Didsbury
- West Dorset
- West Down
- West Drayton
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Ealing
- West End
- wester
- westerly
- western
- westerner
- West European
- West Feliciana Parish
- West Ferry
- West Grey
- West Grinstead
- West Hagley
- West Ham
- West Hampstead
- West Hartlepool
- West Harton
- West Haven
- West Helmsdale
- West Hoathly
- West Holywell
- West Horndon
- West Hyde
- westing
- West Jesmond
- West Kilbride
- West Kirby
- Westlake
- West Lancashire
- Westland
- West Lavington
- West Lincoln
- West Lindsey
- West Lothian
- West Malling
- West Monkseaton
- West Monkton
- Westmont
- West Moors
- Westmount
- West Nicholson
- West Northamptonshire
- Weston
- West Oxfordshire
- West Palm Beach
- West Philadelphia
- West Plains
- West Quincy
- West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
- West Ruislip
- West Runton
- west side
- West Sleekburn
- West Somerset
- West Suffolk
- West Sussex
- West Thurrock
- West Town
- West Trenton
- West Union
- West Vale
- West Virginia
- westward
- westwardly
- westwards
- West Watford
- West Wickham
- West Woodhay
- West Worthing
- West Wycombe
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
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Adjective
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- Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- Lua грешка in Модул:labels at line 82: attempt to call method 'getNonEtymologicalCode' (a nil value). Of wind: from the west.
- Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- From the West; occidental.
- Lua грешка in Модул:labels at line 82: attempt to call method 'getNonEtymologicalCode' (a nil value). Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
- 2008, Philip Temple, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies (→ISBN), page 356:
- Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgical west end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
- 2017, Stephen Kite, Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture, Routledge (→ISBN), page 48:
- as in the mosaic of the ascension on San Frediano's liturgical west (geographically east) façade.
- 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press (→ISBN), page 371:
- Spence had decided on a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end [which is the geographic north], filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).
- 2008, Philip Temple, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies (→ISBN), page 356:
Translations
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Adverb
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Translations
Verb
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- To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Anagrams
Cornish
Etymology
From Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)..
Noun
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- north-west (“north-west”)
- soth-west (“south-west”)
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).. Compare Немачки West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.
Pronunciation
- МФА(кључ): /ʋɛst/
Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.Audio (file) - Hyphenation: west
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Adverb
- Lua грешка in Модул:labels at line 82: attempt to call method 'getNonEtymologicalCode' (a nil value). west
- westwards
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Coordinate terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Noun
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
- West (historic area of America)
References
Low German
Verb
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., in turn from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)..
Pronunciation
Noun
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adjective
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Descendants
References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adverb
Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil).
Descendants
References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Northern Kurdish
Noun
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology
From Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)., whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.
Pronunciation
Adverb
Descendants
Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)..
Adverb
Descendants
- Француски: ouest
- Pages using WikiHiero
- Енглески говор
- Енглески 1-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/yi
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Бретонски преводи
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Турски преводи
- English locatives
- en:Compass points
- Холандски термини са ИПА изговором
- nl:Compass points
- Средњи Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- enm:Compass points
- Стари Енглески термини са ИПА изговором