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West Point en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. A census-designated place in the town of Highlands, New York, Orange County, United States overlooking the Hudson River, occupied by the United States Army and including the United States Military Academy.
  2. (metonymically) USMA (“United States Military Academy”) (U.S. Army service academy), in West Point, NY.
  3. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A cape and unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A former headland in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
    • The body of rich merchant Woo Chi-kiu, 49, tucked inside a gunnysack, was found bobbing in the harbour waters off Hong Kong’s West Point on November 29 last year. c. 1970, “Murder trial bares trail of vice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 85?, column 1:
    • North Point is the only one of Hong Kong Island's geographical 'points' to have retained its name. West Point, below Hong Kong University, and East Point, out on the Causeway Bay waterfront, have been mostly forgotten. And all have been significantly altered by successive waves of reclamation. 2009 December 13, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2023, Latest:
    • The sea passage between Hong Kong's West Point and the Green Island is called Sulphur Channel after HMS Sulphur. 2002, Solomon Bard, “Introduction”, in Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1:
    • The shelters at West Point and Po Yan Street will be opened on December 1st., and suitable premises at Yaumati have now been found at the corner of Shantung St. and Sai Yeung Choi St. on the ground floor of a knitting factory. 1936 November 21, “Street Sleepers' Shelter Society”, in Hongkong Daily Press, number 24418, Hongkong, →OCLC, page 6, column 5:
  5. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A township in Monrovia, Liberia.
  6. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.
  7. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A town in White County, Arkansas, United States.
  8. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States, formerly Indian Gulch and Westpoint.
  9. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A small city in Troup County and Harris County, Georgia, United States.
  10. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.
  11. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
  12. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A small city in Lee County, Iowa, United States.
  13. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A small home rule city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States.
  14. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
  15. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A city, the county seat of Clay County, Mississippi, United States.
  16. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A city, the county seat of Cuming County, Nebraska, United States.
  17. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.
  18. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.
  19. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  20. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.
  21. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas, United States.
  22. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A ghost town in Lynn County, Texas, United States.
  23. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A city in Davis County, Utah, United States.
  24. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A town in King William County, Virginia, United States.
  25. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A headland in Seattle, Washington, United States.
  26. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere: ▸ A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.

Deriveds

West Pointer

Translations (2)

fi West Point (place in the United States) · cmn 西點 /西点 (place in the United States)