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west
A	noun
	1	West, Occident
			the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚West, Occident
	2	West, western United States
			the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚West, western United States ╚Wild West
	3	West, Benjamin West
			English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚creator ╚artist; creative person ╚painter ╚West, Benjamin West
	4	West, Mae West
			United States film actress (1892-1980)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚entertainer ╚performer; performing artist ╚actor; histrion; player; thespian; role player ╚actress ╚West, Mae West
	5	West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield
			British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚communicator ╚writer; author ╚West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield
	6	west, due west, W
			the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚direction ╚compass point; point ╚cardinal compass point ╚west, due west, W
B	adjective
	1	west
			situated in or facing or moving toward the west

C	adverb
	1	west
			to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"

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