west
‘west’
The west is the direction which you look towards in order to see the sun set.
The village is fifty miles to the west of Oxford.
We watched the sun set behind the hills in the west.
A west wind blows from the west.
A warm west wind was blowing.
The west of a place is the part that is towards the west.
They live in a remote rural area in the west of Ireland.
West is used in the names of some states and regions.
He was a coal miner from West Virginia.
Benin is a country in West Africa.
‘western’
You don't usually talk about a ‘west’ part of a country or region. You talk about a western part.
There will be rain in northern and western parts of the United Kingdom.
Similarly, you don't talk about ‘west Europe’ or ‘west France’. Say western Europe or western France.
They were studying the history of western Europe.
She was born in western Australia.
You can use Western to describe people and things connected with the United States, Canada, the countries of western Europe, and sometimes other industrialized countries.
The US and other Western governments criticized the move.
He discussed the problems of Western society.