West End
West End proper noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
Proper noun
(the) West End
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
- 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
- The English theatre industry
- A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275).
- A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714).
- A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846).
- A hamlet (and another named Wrentham West End) in Wrentham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4683)
- An inner city area of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).
- A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West
- A number of places in the United States, including
- An unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina.
- 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.
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