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Westlake

Westlake proper noun: a hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).

Proper noun

Westlake (countable and uncountable, plural Westlakes)

  1. A hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).
  2. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
    • Below is the last photo I took of my old apartment in MacArthur Park, a neighborhood whose name has been synonymous with danger for decades. From Chelsea Handler’s questionable inquiry about bodies in the park’s lake, made whilst buying pupusas from a street vendor on her Netflix special, to the...2017 January 26, Marissa Clifford, “Why doesn’t MacArthur Park gentrify?”, in Curbed, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2017
  3. A district of Daly City, San Mateo County, California.
  4. A minor city in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  5. A ghost town in Twiggs County, Georgia.
  6. A city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  7. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
  8. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  9. A town in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas.
  10. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
  11. A suburb in south-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  12. A ghost town near Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  13. (countable) A surname.

Forms of Westlake

pluralWestlakes
alternative formWest Lake
alternative formWest-Lake
alternative formWest-lake
alternative formWestLake

Origin of Westlake

From west + lake.

Phrases with Westlake

Questions about Westlake

What does Westlake mean?
Westlake means a hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).
What part of speech is Westlake?
Westlake is a proper noun.

Words near Westlake in the dictionary

  1. Westinghouse brake
  2. Westinghouse brakes
  3. westings
  4. westish
  5. Westjohn
  6. Westlake
  7. Westlake Village
  8. WestLake-Gladstone
  9. Westlakes
  10. westland
  11. Westland pine

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