West is a cardinal direction or compass point.

West or The West may also refer to:

Geography and locations

Global context

  • The Western world
  • Western culture and Western civilization in general
  • The Western Bloc, countries allied with NATO during the Cold War
  • The Occident, an early-modern term originated with geographical divisions mirroring the cultural divide between the Hellenistic east and Latin West, and the political divide between the Western and Eastern Roman empires

Regional contexts

Astronomical locations

Acronyms

People and fictional characters

Film, television, and radio

Music

Organizations

Other uses

See also

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