wests
Where suns set
Wests is the plural of west, used when referring to multiple western regions or directions.
A place might have two wests—the cultural West and the geographic west.
In card games, multiple players in the west position across different tables are the wests.
Primary navigational bearings
- compassesCircle-drawing instruments
- hemispheresHalf-spherical divisions
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
geography · meridians · orientations · bearings · navigation · maps · atlases · globes
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- settlersThose who establish homes
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
colonization · manifest destiny · gold rush · land rush · migration · wagon trains · Oregon Trail · prairie schooners
Edge of settlement
- untamedNot domesticated
- ruggedTough and uneven
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- remoteDistant or controller
desolate · prairies · plains · deserts · canyons · mesas · badlands · sagebrush
Edge of settlement
- Lewis and ClarkEarly 1800s expedition leaders
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trailblazersThose who open territory
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
discovery · uncharted · mapping · cartography · pathfinders · scouts · mountain men · fur traders
cardinal directions
Primary navigational bearings
- compassesCircle-drawing instruments
- hemispheresHalf-spherical divisions
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
coordinates · geography · meridians · orientations · bearings · navigation · maps · atlases · globes · sunset
frontier
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- settlersThose who establish homes
territory · colonization · manifest destiny · gold rush · land rush · migration · wagon trains · Oregon Trail · prairie schooners · sodbusters
frontier
Edge of settlement
- untamedNot domesticated
- ruggedTough and uneven
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
remote · desolate · prairies · plains · deserts · canyons · mesas · badlands · sagebrush · tumbleweed
frontier
Edge of settlement
- Lewis and ClarkEarly 1800s expedition leaders
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trailblazersThose who open territory
explorers · discovery · uncharted · mapping · cartography · pathfinders · scouts · mountain men · fur traders · Sacagawea
- 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
west, western, southwest, westward, northwest, westerly, southwestern, westerner, northwestern