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Encyclopedia > West (disambiguation)

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A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... If you have been redirected here after viewing any statistical information, note that as defined by the Census Bureau, the western United States includes 13 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. ... A typical archetype, the cowboy, in the Wild West. ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... The four heros of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. ... Suburban rail network. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving British Summer Time (BST), known in Ireland as Irish Summer Time (IST), is the changing of the clocks in effect in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in... West is a German tobacco corporation best known for sponsoring the McLaren Formula One team. ... Comet West formally designated C/1975 V1, 1976 VI, and 1975n, was a spectacular comet, sometimes considered to qualify for the status of great comet. It was discovered by Richard M. West on August 10, 1975 and reached peak brightness in March 1976. ...

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Adam West Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.A) is best known as the actor who played the role of Batman on the original television program that ran from 1966 to 1968. ... Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB, DSC, ADC (born 1948) is the First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy. ... Allen West was one of the conspirators who took part in the preparation and planning of the 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison. ... Anita West is a former British actress and television presenter. ... Anthony West (August 4, 1914 - December 27, 1987) was a British author. ... Benjamin West Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American Revolution. ... Billy West (born April 16, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, best known for his roles in Ren and Stimpy and Futurama. ... Bob West is an American television actor. ... There are a number of noted individuals named Brian West: Brian West (soccer), an American soccer player. ... Canadian actress (born 31 December 1970, Alberta, Canada). ... Cornel West Cornel Ronald West (b. ... David Moorer West (born August 29, 1980, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a professional basketball player in the NBA. After a four-year career at Xavier University, where he was named National Player of the Year in 2003, he was the 18th overall selection of the 2003 NBA Draft by... Miners climbing the Chilkoot Pass in the Winter of 1897-98 during the Klondike Gold Rush David West, RSW, was a watercolour painter of land, sea and sky. ... Debi Mae West is an American voice actor who, to date, is best known as the English voice of Meryl Silverburgh in Metal Gear Solid and its 2004 GameCube remake. ... Delonte West #13 of the Boston Celtics poses for a portrait during the 2004 NBA Rookie Shoot at the Madison Square Garden Training Facility on August 2, 2004 in Tarrytown, New York. ... Dominic West (born September 3, 1969) is a British actor born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. ... Note: For Don West, the television personality, see Don West (sportscaster). ... Don West Don West is an American television personality, known for his loud, energetic, abrasive sales pitches on late night television. ... Dorian West (born October 5, 1967), nicknamed Nobby is a former English international rugby union footballer. ... Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 - August 16, 1998) was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Dottie West, born Dorothy Marie Marsh (October 11, 1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee–September 4, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a United States country music singer. ... Eric West (born Eric Rosa on May 18, 1982 in New York City, New York USA) is a model turned R&B/pop singer, actor and humanitarian. ... Frederick Walter Stephen West (September 29, 1941 – January 1, 1995) was an English construction worker and serial killer who, together with his wife Rosemary West, is believed to have murdered at least twelve young women, many at the couples home in Gloucester, England. ... Gordon West is an ex-Everton F.C. and England goalkeeper. ... Harry West Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 to 1979. ... Herbert West is a fictional character created by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story Herbert West—Reanimator, first published in 1922. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Honey West is a fictional character created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym G.G. Fickling and appearing in numerous mystery novels by the duo. ... James Edward Maceo West (Februrary 10, 1931 - ) is an American inventor and Acoustian. ... James West was the second full-time Secretary of Newton Heath (the term football manager was not used at United until the arrival of Jack Robson) and Manager of the club. ... James Elton West, best known as Jim West, is the former mayor of Spokane, Washington. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... This article is about the national organization. ... James R. West has been professor of trumpet at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 1978. ... Jerry West was also a pseudonym used by Andrew E. Svenson. ... Andrew E. Svenson (May 8, 1910–August 21, 1975) was an American childrens author, publisher, and partner in the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... Mary Jessamyn West (1902-1984) was a Quaker who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). ... Jessamyn Charity West (born September 5, 1968) is a librarian and a member of the American Library Association Council. ... James Jim Kimo West (born December 18, (year unknown) in Toronto) is a guitarist best known for working with the singer-songwriter Weird Al Yankovic. ... Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American musician best known for his parodies of contemporary radio hits throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ... Slack key guitar is a style of guitar fingerpicking that originated in Hawaii. ... Jim West (born April 12, 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer. ... Joseph Harry/Henry West (born October 31, 1952 in Asheville, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball umpire who is currently one of the longest-serving umpires still on the job. ... Hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA), Joshua West attended Yale for his undergraduate degree. ... Kanye Omari West is a rapper/producer born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Kimber West was Playboys American Playmate of the Month February 1997 and German Playmate of the Month January 1998. ... Madeleine West Madeleine West (born 26 July 1979) is an Australian actress who is most famous for having played Dione Dee Rebecchi née Bliss on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2000-2003. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... Mark Andre West (born November 5, 1960 in Petersburg, Virginia) is a former professional basketball player. ... [Sir] Martin West (1804 - 1849)was born in England, the son of a civil servant in the Treasury. ... Martin Litchfield West (b. ... Maura West as Carly Tenney. ... Dr. Michael D. West is the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology Corporation, which specializes in Stem Cell research. ... Morris Langlo West (April 26, 1916 - October 9, 1999) was an Australian writer. ... Nathanael West (October 17, 1903 - December 22, 1940) was the pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein. ... Nicholas West (1461 - April 28, 1533), English bishop and diplomatist, was born at Putney, and educated at Eton and at Kings College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1483. ... Paul West may refer to: Paul West (born 1930), British poet and novelist, a naturalised U.S. citizen since 1971. ... Stephen Clarke (born 1958) is a British journalist and novelist. ... Randi West is an American radio personality for WDCG-FM 105. ... Randy West (born in New York, USA) has been a premier announcer on American television game shows since 1990. ... Randy West Randy West (born Andrew Jay Abrams October 12, 1947) is a well known pornographic actor (porn star) who began his career in 1978. ... Dame Rebecca West, DBE was the pseudonym of Cecily (or Cicily) Isabel Fairfield (December 21, 1892- March 15, 1983), a British-Irish feminist and writer famous for her novels and for her relationship with H. G. Wells. ... Red West (born 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. ... Robert West (1928 - ) is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and world-renowned chemist best known for his groundbreaking research in silicon chemistry, but also for his work on oxocarbons and organolithium compounds. ... Rosemary West (born November 29, 1953 as Rosemary Letts) is a British serial killer. ... Samuel West, sometimes billed as Sam West, (born June 19, 1966) is a British actor, the son of Prunella Scales and Timothy West. ... Scott West is an Australian Football League player who plays for the Western Bulldogs. ... Shannon Bruce Snaith (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor, better known as Shane West. ... Taribo West (born March 26, 1974 in Lagos) is a Nigerian football defender, he is currently without a club after being released by English Championship team Plymouth Argyle on October 6, 2005 West has had a successful career, playing for AJ Auxerre, Inter Milan, A.C. Milan, Derby County, FC... Timothy West (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Categories: U.S. Secretaries of Veterans Affairs | 1942 births ... Vita Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West (March 9, 1892 – June 2, 1962) was an English poet, novelist and gardener. ... Wallace West (1900-1980) was an American science fiction writer. ... Wally West is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe, and the current (third) Flash. ... William West (ca. ... Baron West is a title created in the Peerage of England in 1402. ... Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1335–17 August 1405) was the only son of Sir Thomas West of Hampton Cantilupe (1312–1386), who had fought in the Battle of Crécy and the subsequent Seige of Calais under the command of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. ... Events Foundation of the University of Vienna Births John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (died 1394) Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (died 1399) Deaths May 17 - Louis VI the Roman, elector of Brandenburg (born 1328) July 27 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (born 1339) Categories: 1365 ... Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in... Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (1391–30 September 1415) succeeded as Baron West at the age of 14. ... Events August 5 - Anti-Jewish riots erupt in Toledo, Spain and Barcelona. ... Events May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (7 September 1395 – 27 August 1450) was the second son of Thomas West, 1st Baron West and Joan, half-sister and heiress of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (28 October 1430–10 March 1475. ... Events June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena foundation of Université de Caen In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West (c. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... Thomas West, 6th Baron West and 9th Baron De La Warr (c. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ...

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West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (194 words)
West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points.
West is the direction towards which the sun sets at the equinox, and therefore the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation.
Moving continuously west is following a circle of latitude, which, except in the case of the equator, is not a great circle.
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/West End (disambiguation) (195 words)
West End is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain, noted for seafood restaurants and commemorated in the jazz composition "West End Blues".
The West End is a suburban region of Richmond, Virginia.
The West End of Espoo is a district in Espoo, Finland, near the seashore and the eastern border to Helsinki.
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