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west
west /wɛst/ s. ingl. [voce di origine germ., affine al gr. ésperos, lat. vesper "occidente, vespero, sera"], usato in ital. al masch. — (geogr.) (con iniziale maiusc.) [territorio occidentale degli Stati Uniti e del Canada: la conquista del W. ] ▶◀ Far West.

Enciclopedia Italiana. 2013.

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  • West — West, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west, westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan, Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. ?. ????. Cf. {Vesper}, {Visigoth}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The point in the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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