West
1. the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America (Freq. 19) • Syn: Occident • Derivationally related forms: occidental (for: Occident) • Instance Hypernyms: region • Part Meronyms: Europe, North America, South America • Attrubites: western 2. the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River (Freq. 6) • Syn: western United States • Members of this Region: ghost town, butte, wash, dry wash, sourdough • Instance Hypernyms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region • Instance Hyponyms: Wild West • Part Holonyms: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. • Part Meronyms: Santa Fe Trail, Southwest, southwestern United States, Northwest, northwestern United States, West Coast • Attrubites: western 3. United States film actress (1892-1980) • Syn: Mae West • Instance Hypernyms: actress, comedienne 4. British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) • Syn: Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author 5. English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) • Syn: Benjamin West • Instance Hypernyms: painter
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