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''This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation).


West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.

West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of east and at right angles to north and south.

By convention, the left side of a map is west.

To go west using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 270°.

West is the direction towards which the sun sets at the equinox, and therefore the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation.

Moving continuously west is following a circle of latitude, which, except in the case of the equator, is not a great circle.

The English word "west" is cognate to the Old High German word westar, which may derive from an Indo-European root from which the Latin word vesper, meaning "evening", derives.

"The West" often denotes the Western world. Although a somewhat subjective term (see North-South divide), it always includes Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Symbolic meanings

In Chinese Buddhism, the West represents movement toward the Buddha or enlightenment (see Journey to the West). The ancient Aztecs believed that the West was the realm of the great goddess of water, mist, and maize. In Ancient Egypt, the West was considered to be the portal to the netherworld, and is the cardinal direction regarded in connection with death, though not always with a negative connotation. Ancient Egyptians also believed that the Goddess Amunet was a personification of the West.[1] The Celts believed that beyond the western sea off the edges of all maps lay the Otherworld, or Afterlife.

In American literature (eg. The Great Gatsby), moving west symbolizes gaining freedom, perhaps as an association with the settling of the Old West (see also Manifest Destiny).

References

1. ^ Campbell, Joseph. The Mythic Image. Princeton University Press, 1981.
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West is one of the four cardinal directions in geography.

West may also refer to:

Places or regions

In the United States

  • Western United States
  • West, Texas
  • West Town, Chicago

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    cardinal directions, they are north, east, south and west. Though the names may seem arbitrary, there are simple specific means to establish each direction, which should work anywhere on Earth where there is a view of the sky.
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    For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation).


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    East is a direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south. East is the direction toward which the Earth rotates about its axis, and therefore the general direction from which the
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    North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the
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    South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.

    South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of North and at right angles to East and West.
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    equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere, and has a latitude of 0. On the Earth, a circle of latitude is an imaginary east-west circle connecting all locations that have a given latitude.
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    Western world, the West or the Occident (Latin occidens -sunset, -west, as distinct from the Orient) [1] can have multiple meanings dependent on its context (e.g., the time period, or the social situation).
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    North-South Divide[1] is the socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as "the North", and the poorer developing countries (least developed countries), or "the South.
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