west end

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
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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]

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