West
Cold War side
West as a proper noun or adjective refers to a geopolitical and cultural region—Europe and North America, contrasted with the East or the Soviet bloc during the Cold War: relations between Russia and the West.
In American contexts, the West means the western United States: pioneers heading West, the Wild West.
West also appears in place names like West Virginia, West Africa, and the West End. (Lowercase west is the compass direction.)
Mounted cattle herder
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- frontierEdge of settlement
- settlersThose who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
rancher · prairie · saloon · outlaw · gunslinger · sheriff · wagon · gold rush
West coast megastate
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- prairiesFlat treeless grasslands
- RockiesNorth American mountain chain
hemisphere · timezone · territory · borderlands · hinterland · backcountry · wilderness · ranches
Western regions collectively
- occidentalOf the West
- NATOWestern defense organization
- democracyRule by the people
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
Europe · America · transatlantic · developed · industrialized · liberal · modernization · Eurocentrism
American film industry center
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- popFizzy drink, regionally
- rockSolid earthen material
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
blues · individualism · secularism · Renaissance · Enlightenment · classical · contemporary · mainstream
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
homestead · rancher · prairie · saloon · outlaw · gunslinger · sheriff · wagon · gold rush · manifest destiny
California
West coast megastate
Rockies · hemisphere · timezone · territory · borderlands · hinterland · backcountry · wilderness · ranches
occident
Western regions collectively
- occidentalOf the West
- NATOWestern defense organization
- democracyRule by the people
capitalism · Europe · America · transatlantic · developed · industrialized · liberal · modernization · Eurocentrism · colonialism
Hollywood
American film industry center
jazz · blues · individualism · secularism · Renaissance · Enlightenment · classical · contemporary · mainstream · cinema
- Celebrity NamesAffleck, Anderson, Aniston, Blanchett, Brando
- Census RegionsSouth, Midwest, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific
- Amsterdam Areas
- 18th Century ArtistsFragonard, Tiepolo, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds
- cometscomet, Halley's Comet, comet tail, Hale-Bopp, dirty snowball
- Tobacco BrandsMarlboro, Newport, Winston, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall
WestEast
Cardinal sunrise direction
Asia · Orient · Middle East · Far East · Global South
- West Palm BeachFlorida Atlantic coast city
- West LondonCapital's western boroughs
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- western attireFrontier-style dress
- West CoastAmerica's sunset shore
- west sideDirection of sunset's edge
western, southwest, westward, northwest, westerly, westerner, westerners, westernmost, westernize