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West Midlands

(Encyclopedia) West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven…

West Mifflin

(Encyclopedia) West Mifflin, borough (1990 pop. 23,644), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb SE of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. Transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, and asphalt…

West Monroe

(Encyclopedia) West Monroe, city (1990 pop. 14,096), Ouachita parish, N La., on the Ouachita River, opposite Monroe, in a forest and lake area; inc. 1851. Its chief products are lumber, paper, metal…

West Orange

(Encyclopedia) West Orange, town (1990 pop. 39,103), Essex co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of Newark; set off from Orange 1862, inc. 1900. “Glenmont,” Thomas Edison's home in Llewellyn Park, and…

West Paterson

(Encyclopedia) West PatersonWest Patersonpătˈərsən [key], borough (1990 pop. 10,982), Passaic co., NE N.J., a suburb of Paterson; inc. 1914. Electric, electronic, and photographic products are made…

West Point

(Encyclopedia) West Point, U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy. On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of…

West Prussia

(Encyclopedia) West Prussia, Ger. Westpreussen, former province of Prussia, 9,867 sq mi (25,556 sq km), NE Germany, extending S from the Baltic Sea, between Pomerania on the west and East Prussia on…

West River

(Encyclopedia) West River, China: see Xi.

West Sea

(Encyclopedia) West Sea: see Yellow Sea.