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West may refer to:
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- Cape West Coast - a coastal region in South Africa.
- West, one of the four cardinal directions in geography
- The Western world
- The Western United States in general, or more specifically the American Old West, an era in history in that part of the United States, also known as the "Old West" or "Wild West".
- West Africa - a region in the west of Africa continent. West Africa comprised of West Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Guineau Bisau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia.
- West Europe - a region in the west of Eurasia continent.
- West Sahara - a non-self-governing region in the Northwest part of Africa continent.
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- West Island - an island in Montreal, Canada.
- West Indies - a group of islands between Caribbean sea and Atlantic sea. West Indies is comprised of Bahamas, Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico), and Lesser Antilles (Leeward Islands and Windward Islands).
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- Adam West, actor who played the title character in the television series Batman
- Alan West
- Allen West
- Anita West
- Anthony West
- Benjamin West, US painter
- Billy West
- Bob West
- Brian West
- Chandra West, actress
- Corinne West, American singer-songwriter
- Cornel West, religious studies and African-American studies scholar
- David West (basketball), basketball player
- David West, RSW, watercolourist
- Debi Mae West
- Delonte West
- Dominic West
- Don West (educator)
- Don West (sportscaster)
- Dorian West
- Dorothy West
- Dottie West
- Eric West, African-American actor, singer
- Fred West, serial killer
- Glenn U. West, Artist, River Guide
- Gordon West
- Harry West
- Herbert West, fictional character of H. P. Lovecraft
- Honey West, fictional character
- James Edward Maceo West, US inventor
- James West, British Manchester United manager
- James E. West, former mayor of Spokane, Washington
- James E. West (Scouting), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
- James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
- Jerry West, professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters series of children books
- Jessamyn West (writer) (1902–1984), American writer
- Jessamyn West (librarian) (born 1968), librarian and blogger
- Jim West, guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, film and TV composer, slack-key guitar performer (under the name Kimo West).
- Jim West, Australian rules footballer
- Joe West, baseball umpire
- Josh West
- Julian West, stage name of editor and bon-vivant Nicolas de Gunzburg
- Julian West, fictional protagonist of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward
- Kanye West, rapper
- Kimber West
- Madeleine West
- Mae West, actress and screenwriter
- Mark West, American basketball player
- Martin West
- Martin Litchfield West
- Maura West
- Michael West
- Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- Morris L. West, Australian writer
- Nathanael West, novelist and playwright
- Nicholas West
- Oswald West
- Paul West, pseudonym of Stephen Clarke (writer)
- Randi West
- Randy West
- Randy West (porn star)
- Rebecca West
- Red West
- Robert West, American chemist
- Rosemary West, British murderer, wife of Fred West
- Samuel West, British actor
- Shawn West
- Scott West
- Shane West, actor
- Taribo West
- Timothy West, UK actor
- Togo D. West, Jr.
- Vita Sackville-West
- Wallace West
- Wally West
- William West
- William Marcus West, Scottish American settler in Sonoma County, California
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- Buddha or Journey to the West, in pre-modern China, the West indicated the land of Buddha and the place from which the sacred Buddhist scriptures came
- West, the fourth solo album by American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel
- West, an album by Lucinda Williams.
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