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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.

West Spitsbergen

(Encyclopedia) West Spitsbergen, island: see Spitsbergen, Norway.

West Springfield

(Encyclopedia) West Springfield, town (1990 pop. 27,537), Hampden co., SW Mass., on the Connecticut River opposite Springfield; settled 1654, set off from Springfield and inc. 1774. Light…

West Suffolk

(Encyclopedia) West Suffolk, England: see under Suffolk.

West Sussex

(Encyclopedia) West Sussex, county (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km), S England. Chichester is the county seat. Administratively, the county is divided into the districts of Chichester,…

West Virginia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N, NE), Virginia (E and S), Kentucky (W) and, across the Ohio River, Ohio (NW…

Walt Whitman: To the East and to the West

To the East and to the WestTo the East and to the West, To the man of the Seaside State and of Pennsylvania, To the Kanadian of the north, to the Southerner I love, These with perfect trust…

Dorothy West 1998 Deaths

Dorothy WestAge: 91 A member of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s, West was a keen observer of class and race conflicts. Recently, her novel The Wedding, was turned into a miniseries by…