dictionary definitions for "west end"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  West End
      n 1: the part of west central London containing the main
           entertainment and shopping areas


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