west end
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
West \West\, a.
1.Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. [1913 Webster]
This shall be your west border.— Num. xxxiv. 6.[1913 Webster]
2.(Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing Cross. [1913 Webster]