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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 opposite that of the Earth's rotation on its axis, and is therefore the general direction towards which the Sun sets.
West is also a last name.
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. (...) more....
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sight Stari Ras and Sopoćani
in Novi Pazar, Serbia
A reminder of the contacts between Western civilization and the Byzantine world. On the outskirts of Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, there is an impressive group of medieval monuments consistin...
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