Wikipedia / West (disambiguation)
Wikipedia / West (disambiguation)
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
The American frontier, also called "The Old West" or "The Wild West", an American process of westward movement from 1600 to 1920
Western United States, a region in the United States of America
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
Al-Maghrib (), Arabic name for Morocco, a country in Northwest Africa
Rivers and localities
West (Cornish hundred) or West Wivelshire, a county subdivision of Cornwall, England
West (London sub region), a sub-region of the London Plan
West, Mississippi, United States
West, Texas, United States
West, West Virginia, United States
West Township (disambiguation); all are in the United States
Astronomical locations
Comet West, a comet discovered by Danish astronomer Richard M. West
2022 West, an asteroid
Acronyms
Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test, a monofilament esthesiometer
Western European Satellite Triangulation subcommittee of IAG
WEST (formerly Tore Supra), Tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, the name for the refitted Tore Supra tokamak reactor in Cadarache, France
People and fictional characters
West (surname), list of people with surname West
West Rosen, a fictional character from the television series Heroes
Film, television, and radio
West (2007 film), a 2007 Australian drama directed by Daniel Krige
West (2013 film), a German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow
The West (1938 film), a 1938 French drama film
The West (miniseries), a 1996 television documentary miniseries directed by Stephen Ives
West (TV series), a 1973–74 Canadian documentary series
WEST (TV network), a western television network
WEST (AM), a radio station (1400 AM) licensed to Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Print media
West (publisher), an American publisher
"West" (short story), a story by Orson Scott Card
The West (Mayakovsky), a 1922–1924 poetry cycle by Vladimir Mayakovsky
West magazine, published in two separate periods by the Los Angeles Times (and otherwise known as the Los Angeles Times Magazine)
San Jose Mercury News West Magazine or West, a Sunday magazine that succeeded the L.A. Times' West magazine
The West Australian, a newspaper
West (novel), a 2018 novel by Edith Pattou
The West: The History of an Idea, a 2025 book by Georgios Varouxakis
West (poetry collection), a 2023 poetry collection by Paisley Rekdal
Music
West (EP), an album by Ego Likeness
West (Lucinda Williams album), 2007, or the title song
The West (album), an album by Matmos, or the title song
"West" (song), a rock song by The Alice Rose
"West", a 2001 song by rock duo Pinback from their album Blue Screen Life
Organizations
West (brewery), a microbrewery in Glasgow, Scotland
West Corporation, formerly West TeleServices
West Hartlepool R.F.C. or simply West, a rugby football club
West Race Cars, an American-Australian racing car manufacturer
Other uses
West (cigarette), a tobacco brand
West, the command-line tool in Zephyr (operating system)
Western Line (Auckland) (timetable code: WEST), New Zealand
Toronto West Detention Centre, a maximum security remand facility
Kingdom of the West, a region within the Society for Creative Anachronism
One side in the East–West Shrine Game
See also
Westlife, an Irish band
Ouest (department), Haiti
Ouest (disambiguation), French for West
Oeste Subregion, Portugal
Oeste (disambiguation), Portuguese and Spanish for West