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West End

West End proper noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.

Proper noun

(the) West End

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
  2. A neighbourhood of London, England; Usually "the West End", that part of central London to the west of the City that houses shops, theatres, restaurants, museums, art galleries, etc.
    • In a West End town, a dead end world / The East End boys and West End girls1986, “West End Girls”, in Please, performed by Pet Shop Boys
  3. (broadly) The English theatre industry
  4. A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275).
  5. A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714).
  6. A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846).
  7. A hamlet (and another named Wrentham West End) in Wrentham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4683)
  8. An inner city area of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).
  9. A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West
  10. A number of places in the United States, including
  11. An unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina.
  12. An inner southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Questions about West End

What does West End mean?
West End means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
What part of speech is West End?
West End is a proper noun.

Words near West End in the dictionary

  1. West Dundee
  2. West Ealing
  3. West Earl
  4. West Elgin
  5. West Elk Mountains
  6. West End
  7. West Eng
  8. West Epping
  9. West European
  10. West Ewell
  11. West Fairlee

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