Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
West Nile virus
West Nile encephalitis virus | the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis |
| West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
Mae West
air jacket | an inflatable life jacket |
| University of West Virginia | a university in Morgantown, West Virginia |
West Germanic
West Germanic language | a branch of the Germanic languages |
| East Midland | the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English |
| West Midland | a dialect of Middle English |
Southwestern
West Saxon | a dialect of Middle English |
| West Saxon | a literary dialect of Old English |
East Germanic
East Germanic language | an extinct branch of the Germanic languages |
Turfan
East Tocharian
Turfan dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
Kuchean
West Tocharian
Kuchean dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
| West Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria, Hausa in the most important member |
| East Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad |
| West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
acerola
barbados cherry
surinam cherry
West Indian cherry | acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C |
| East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
East Turkistan Islamic Movement
East Turkestan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang, declared by China in to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression |
| Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
| Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
| east | a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city |
| west | a location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
East
Orient | the countries of Asia |
| Far East | a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia) |
| East eastern United States | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
Midwest
middle west
midwestern United States | the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
| east side | the side that is on the east |
| west side | the side that is on the west |
| east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
West
Occident | the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America |
| West western United States | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River |
| Wild West | the western United States during its frontier period |
| East Africa | a geographical area in eastern Africa |
Namibia
Republic of Namibia
South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
Central African Republic
Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Bangui
capital of Central Africa | the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic |
West Indies
the Indies | the string of islands between North America and South America, a popular resort area |
| British West Indies | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad |
| French West Indies | the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France |
East Germany
German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
| West Berlin | the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until |
| East Timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in , voted for independence from Indonesia in and in May became an independent nation |
Middle East
Mideast
Near East | the area around the eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran, the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam, had continuous economic and political turmoil in the th century, the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization |
| West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river, populated largely by Palestinians |
Malay Archipelago
East Indies
East India | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia |
Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan | a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south, formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan, it achieved independence in |
| British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
| British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |