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 The American frontier, also called "The Old West" or "The Wild West", an American process of westward movement from 1600 to 1920 Western United States, a region in the United States of America Western Canada Western Australia The Western Regions, a historical term for regions of Chinese suzerainty in Central Asia Western Territories (Ziemie Zachodnie) or Recovered Territories (Ziemie Odzyskane), Former eastern territories of Germany annexed to Poland West Region (Cameroon) West Bengal Canada West West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) Al-Maghrib (), Arabic name for Morocco, a country in Northwest Africa West River (South Dakota)
Rivers and localities West River (disambiguation) West (Cornish hundred) or West Wivelshire, a county subdivision of Cornwall, England West (London sub region), a sub-region of the London Plan West, Mississippi, United States West, Texas, United States West, West Virginia, United States West Township (disambiguation); all are in the United States
Astronomical locations Comet West, a comet discovered by Danish astronomer Richard M. West 2022 West, an asteroid
Acronyms Wales Evangelical School of Theology Western European Summer Time Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test, a monofilament esthesiometer Western European Satellite Triangulation subcommittee of IAG WEST (formerly Tore Supra), Tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, the name for the refitted Tore Supra tokamak reactor in Cadarache, France
People and fictional characters West (surname), list of people with surname West Justice West (disambiguation) West Rosen, a fictional character from the television series Heroes
Film, television, and radio West (2007 film), a 2007 Australian drama directed by Daniel Krige West (2013 film), a German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow The West (1938 film), a 1938 French drama film The West (miniseries), a 1996 television documentary miniseries directed by Stephen Ives West (TV series), a 1973–74 Canadian documentary series WEST (TV network), a western television network WEST (AM), a radio station (1400 AM) licensed to Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Print media West (publisher), an American publisher "West" (short story), a story by Orson Scott Card The West (Mayakovsky), a 1922–1924 poetry cycle by Vladimir Mayakovsky West magazine, published in two separate periods by the Los Angeles Times (and otherwise known as the Los Angeles Times Magazine) San Jose Mercury News West Magazine or West, a Sunday magazine that succeeded the L.A. Times' West magazine The West Australian, a newspaper West (novel), a 2018 novel by Edith Pattou The West: The History of an Idea, a 2025 book by Georgios Varouxakis West (poetry collection), a 2023 poetry collection by Paisley Rekdal
Music West (EP), an album by Ego Likeness West (Lucinda Williams album), 2007, or the title song West (Mark Eitzel album) The West (album), an album by Matmos, or the title song "West" (song), a rock song by The Alice Rose "West", a 2001 song by rock duo Pinback from their album Blue Screen Life
Organizations West (brewery), a microbrewery in Glasgow, Scotland West Corporation, formerly West TeleServices West Hartlepool R.F.C. or simply West, a rugby football club West Race Cars, an American-Australian racing car manufacturer West High School (disambiguation)
Other uses West (cigarette), a tobacco brand West, the command-line tool in Zephyr (operating system) Western Line (Auckland) (timetable code: WEST), New Zealand Toronto West Detention Centre, a maximum security remand facility Kingdom of the West, a region within the Society for Creative Anachronism One side in the East–West Shrine Game
See also
Westlife, an Irish band Western (disambiguation) Wests (disambiguation) Ouest (department), Haiti Ouest (disambiguation), French for West Oeste Subregion, Portugal Oeste (disambiguation), Portuguese and Spanish for West