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w | west |

As a letter w

is the twenty-third letter of the.

As a symbol w

is (label) symbol for tungsten.

As a proper noun west is

the western]] world; the regions, primarily situated in the western [[hemisphere|hemisphere, whose culture is derived from europe.

w

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=v, next=x, image= (wikipedia w)

Alternative forms

* vv (obsolete)

Letter

  • The twenty-third letter of the .
  • The first letter of (l) allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
  • Symbol

    (Voiced labio-velar approximant) (head)
  • voiced labial-velar approximant
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * Turned: * * {{Letter , page=W , NATO=Whiskey , Morse=·–– , Character=W , Braille=? }} Image:Latin W.png, Capital and lowercase versions of W , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter W.png, Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur ----

    west

    English

    (wikipedia west)

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * north-northwest * northwest * south-southwest * southwest * west by north * west by south * wester * westerly * western * westerner * westing * westward * westwardly * westwards

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) east, north, south

    Adjective

  • Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  • (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  • Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  • From the West; occidental.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Towards the west; westwards.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.prologue:
  • Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West', / And ' wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

    Anagrams

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