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westside en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɛst.saɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈwɛst.saɪd] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈwɛs.saːd] African-American Vernacular
• [ˈwɛs.saɪd] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From west + side.

Meanings

1. The western side of a building, street, area etc.
   • At Olynthos, all habitation-blocks are oriented east-west so that the houses share partition walls on the east- and westsides. 1992, S. C. Bakhuizen, A Greek City of the Fourth Century B.C., page 225:
   • This EIS describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of implementing an updated 10-year timber management plan for the 244,059 acres of public land in the Columbia and Alsea-Rickreall Sustained Yield Units on the westside of the Salem District, Oregon. 1981, United States. Bureau of Land Management. Oregon State Office, Westside Salem sustained yield units ten-year timber management plan:
   • We also joined with another Senior CYO group from the westside, and that just made us even bigger. 2011, Julie Young, The Cyo in Indianapolis and Central Indiana, page 219:

Forms

Coordinates

southside · midtown · eastside · northside · downtown · uptown

Translations (4)

nl westzijde (western side) · nl westkant (western side) · no vestkant (western side) · nl westerzijde (western side)