West

West

1. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 270 degrees clockwise from due north and directly opposite east. In 1849 many headed west seeking gold.
2.The direction opposite to the direction of the earth's axial rotation. The sun rises in the west.
3. An area or a region lying in the west. The old west was often a lawless place.

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Shown is a compass rose with west marked with W