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West

One of the four cardinal directions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.

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A compass rose with west highlighted in black