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 |
| German lesson | instruction in the German language |
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 |
| German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany,
pointer and
bloodhound |
German shepherd
German shepherd dog
German police dog
alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
black bee
German bee | darkolored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin |
German cockroach
Croton bug
crotonbug
water bug Blattella germanica | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe, a common household pest |
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 |
| West Midland | a dialect of Middle English |
Southwestern
West Saxon | a dialect of Middle English |
| West Saxon | a literary dialect of Old English |
German
High German
German language | the standard German language, developed historically from West Germanic |
| Old High German | High German prior to |
| Middle High German | High German from to |
Low German
Plattdeutsch | a German dialect spoken in northern Germany |
| Middle Low German | Low German from to |
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 |
| West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
pfannkuchen
german pancake | puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce |
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 |
Luftwaffe
German Luftwaffe | the German airforce |
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Nazi Party | the political party founded in Germany in and brought to power by Hitler in |
| west | a location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
Midwest
middle west
midwestern United States | the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
Berlin
German capital | capital of Germany located in eastern Germany |
| West Berlin | the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until |
| West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river, populated largely by Palestinians |
| British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |
| West End | the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas |
| West Sussex | a county in southern England on the English Channel |
| West Yorkshire | a metropolitan county in northern England |
| West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
| West Bengal | a state in eastern India |
| West Malaysia | the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula |
Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
West Pakistan | a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley, formerly part of India, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |