A geographical group of French colonies in West Africa under the supervisory authority of a single governor-general, comprising the following colonised countries (present names as independent republics in parentheses if different): Dahomey (Benin), French Guinea (Guinea), the French Sudan (Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta (Burkina Faso). The last governor-general was also the first of two successive High commissioners, charged with the transition to independence as independent republics, without a common administrative level.

(historical) A former colony of Denmark, in the Caribbean, so-named until it was sold to the USA in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

(historical, former name) The British colonies in around the Caribbean.

The West Coast language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Bajau people in the west coast of Sabah.

In, or relating to, this language.

A former country in the Caribbean. Also called West Indies.

(obsolete) A shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.

(American football) An offense that places a greater emphasis on passing than on running.

one of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeasternmost Limburg (Netherlands); characterized by the preservation of pre-Old High German initial *p-.

of or pertaining to the West Central German dialects