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west caldwell
nounVery Low (proper noun for a specific locale)
/ˌwest ˈkɔːldwel/A proper noun referring to a specific place name, typically a township or populated place.
west carrollton
nounC1 (Proper Noun / Low Frequency General English, High Frequency in Local Context)
/ˌwest ˈkær.əl.tən/A proper noun referring to a city in Ohio, United States, located in Montgomery and Miami counties.
west chester
nounLow
/ˌwɛst ˈtʃɛstə/A proper noun referring to a specific place, typically a town or borough.
west chicago
nounLow (Place Name)
/ˌwest ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/A city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, located about 35 miles west of downtown Chicago.
west coast
nounB1
/ˌwest ˈkəʊst/A proper noun referring to the region of a country's mainland that borders its western ocean. Most commonly refers to the Pacific coast of the USA or Canada.
west coast jazz
nounC2
/ˌwest ˌkəʊst ˈdʒæz/A style of jazz music that developed in California in the 1950s, characterised by a more relaxed, arranged, and contrapuntal sound than the bebop predominant on the East Coast.
west columbia
nounLow
/ˌwɛst kəˈlʌmbiə/A proper noun primarily referring to the name of several cities or towns, most notably in South Carolina and Texas, USA.
west country
nounB1
/ˌwest ˈkʌn.tri/A region in the southwestern part of England, primarily comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset.
west covina
nounVery Low
/ˌwɛst kəˈviːnə/A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
west des moines
nounLow (primarily used in geographical or specific local contexts)
/ˌwest də ˈmɔɪn/A city in the state of Iowa, USA, part of the larger Des Moines metropolitan area.
west dunbartonshire
nounRare
/ˌwɛst dʌnˈbɑːtənʃə/A council area in west-central Scotland, encompassing towns like Dumbarton, Clydebank, and the Vale of Leven.
west end
nounB2
/ˌwest ˈend/A geographical area in the western part of a city, particularly the affluent or commercial district.
west fargo
nounA1
/wɛst/The cardinal compass point located at 270°, opposite east; the direction of the setting sun.
west flanders
nounC1
/ˌwɛst ˈflɑːndəz/A province in the northwest of Belgium, the westernmost part of the historical region of Flanders, with Bruges as its capital.
west german
adjectivenounC1
/ˌwest ˈdʒɜː.mən/Relating to the former Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990) or its people, culture, or language variants.
west germanic
adjectivenounC1
/ˌwɛst dʒɜːˈmænɪk/A major branch of the Germanic language family, historically originating from the tribes in northwestern Europe.
west germany
nounB2
/ˌwest ˈdʒɜː.mə.ni/A former country that existed from 1949 to 1990, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, comprising the western portion of divided Germany after World War II.
west glamorgan
nounVery Low
/ˌwest ɡləˈmɔːɡən/A former county in southern Wales, United Kingdom, existing from 1974 to 1996.
west goth
nounVery Low
/ˌwɛst ˈɡɒθ/A member of the Visigoths, the western branch of the Goths, a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
west greenland current
nounC2/Technical
/ˌwest ˈɡriːn.lənd ˈkʌr.ənt/A cold ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland.

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