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Western giant puffball The western giant puffball is a puffball mushroom growing in the western area of the United States where most giant puffballs (calvatia gigantea) do not grow. In general western giant puffballs grow on the west of the rockies and giant puffballs grow on the east side of the rockies.
Western green mamba The Western green mamba, also called the West African green mamba, is a long, thin venomous arboreal snake native to West Africa, including Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. It has large green scales outlined in black, and grows up to two meters in length.
Western General Hospital The Western General Hospital (often abbreviated to simply "The Western General"), at Crewe Road, Edinburgh, Scotland is part of The Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust, an Acute Hospital Trust which provides a comprehensive range of adult and paediatric care to the people of Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond.
Western Geophysical Western Geophysical was a company founded in California in 1933 by Henry Salvatori for the purpose of using reflection seismology to explore for petroleum. The company prospered and was sold by Salvatori to Litton Industries in the 1960s.
Western Germany The term Western Germany (German: Westdeutschland) is used to describe a region in the west of Germany. The exact area defined by the term is not constant, but it usually includes North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate are also often included.
Western Goals Foundation The Western Goals Foundation was a private intelligence dissemination network active on the right wing in the United States. It was wound up in 1986 when the Tower Commission revealed it had been part of Oliver North's Iran-Contra funding network.
Western Goals Institute The Western Goals Institute (WGI) was an "ultra-conservative"Searchlight magazine, London, January 2006, p.23 pressure group in Britain, re-formed in 1989 from Western Goals (UK), which originated in 1985 as an offshoot of the U.
Western Governors University Western Governors University (WGU) is a non-profit, online university that specializes in adult education. It was founded in 1997 by 19 governors, led by Democrat Roy Romer when he was governor of Colorado and Republican Michael O.
Western Grey Kangaroo The Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosis or alternately Macropus fuliginosus) is a large and very common macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland.
Western Guard Party The Western Guard Party (founded in 1972 as the Western Guard) was a white supremacist group based in Toronto, Canada. It evolved out of the far-right anti-Communist Edmund Burke Society that had been founded in 1967 by Don Andrews, Paul Fromm, Leigh Smith and Al Overfield.
Western Guilford High School Western Guilford High School is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is the academic flag-ship high school of the Guilford County school system. The school has 1440 students and its sports teams are the Fighting Hornets.
Western Guinean lowland forests The Western Guinean lowland forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of West Africa. The ecoregion includes the lowland forests extending from the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred kilometers inland, and from western CĂ´te d'Ivoire across Liberia, southeastern Guinea, most of Sierra Leone, and into southwest Guinea.
Western Gulf coastal grasslands The Western Gulf coastal grasslands are a subtropical grassland ecoregion of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. The ecoregion covers an area of 77,425 km², extending along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico from southeastern Louisiana through Texas and into Mexico's Tamaulipas state, where it is known as the Tamaulipan pastizal.
Western Gull The Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, is a large white-headed gull that lives on the western coast of North America. It was previously considered conspecific with the Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) of the Gulf of California.
Western harvest mouse The Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to southwest British Columbia, most of the western United States extending continuously to west Texas, northeast Arkansas, northwest Indiana, southwest Wisconsin, the interior of Mexico to Oaxaca. Many authorities consider the endangered Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.
Western honey bee The Western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee comprised of several subspecies or races. "Mellifera" is from the Greek, and means honey-carrying (meli, honey and fero, carry) - hence "Apis mellifera" is the honey-carrying bee.
Western Harbour Crossing The Western Harbour Crossing (abbreviation WHC; ) is a dual 3-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong. It is the third tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking the newly reclaimed land in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island.
Western Heartlands The Western Heartlands are a fictional region in the fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. Located in West Faerûn, the Western Heartlands stretches west from Cormyr and the Dragon Coast to the east, and slowly blends into the coastal Sword Coast region at the Sea of Swords.
Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere (capitalised), or Western hemisphere, is a geopolitical term for the Americas and associated islands and waters (or the New World). It is derived from the geographical term of western hemisphere, which is the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian.
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC or WHINSEC), formerly School of the Americas (SOA; Spanish: Escuela de las Américas), is a United States Army facility at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. Its motto is Libertad, Paz y Fraternidad (Liberty, Peace and Brotherhood).
Western Heritage Center The Western Heritage Center is a regional museum located in the Historic District in downtown Billings, Montana This museum used to be the old Parmly Billings Library. Built in 1913, the library turned museum houses a collection of artifacts and history of the Yellowstone River Valley.
Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame The Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, is a museum near Hobbs, New Mexico. It features exhibits depicting the history of the Llano Estacado region of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas.
Western Highway, Victoria The Western Highway is the principal highway linking the Australian cities of Melbourne and Adelaide with a length of approximately 430 kilometres. It is a part of National Highway network and designated as National Highway A8.
Western Hills High School (Frankfort, Kentucky) Western Hills High School is located at 100 Doctors Drive in Frankfort, Kentucky. Western Hills High School is the more recently constructed of the two high schools in the Franklin County Public Schools district, having opened to students in 1981.
Western Hills Mall Western Hills Mall is a shopping mall located in Fairfield, Alabama (with part of the property within the city limits of Midfield, Alabama). It opened in the late 1960s with two anchor department stores, Loveman's and J.
Western Hindi languages The Western Hindi languages include some 12 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Indo-Aryan language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.
Western History Association The Western History Association was organized in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico, to "promote the study of the North American West in its varied aspects and broadest sense." Included in the field of study are the American West and western Canada.
Western Hog-nosed Skunk The western hog-nosed skunk or common hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus mesoleucus) is a species of hog-nosed skunk native from the southwestern United States (Arizona to southern Texas) south through Mexico to Nicaragua. In Texas, it is commonly known as the rooter skunk for its habit of rooting and overturning rocks and debris in search of food.
Western Hopei Operation The Western Hopei Operation was one of the engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Three Infantry, one Cavalry and an artillery Regiment of the 13th Division crossed to the south bank of the Yangtze River near Ichang to attack the Chinese positions there.
Western Horseman Western Horseman, a monthly magazine published by the Magazine Division of Morris Communications, was first published in January 1936. It features articles on Western riding, the breeding and care of horses, horse training and tack, and ranching.
Western Chalukya literature The reign of the Western Chalukyas (Kannada:ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರು) spanning the 10th century - 12th century period holds a pre-eminent place in the history of Kannada literature. They are also known as Kalyani Chalukyas or Later Chalukyas.
Western Chalukya Society The Western Chalukyas (Kannada:ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರು) were a prominant South Indian dynasty who ruled most of western Deccan India during the 10th century - 12th century. They are also known as Kalyani Chalukya after their capital at Kalyani, known today as Basavakalyan in Karnataka state.
Western Chalukyas The Western Chalukyas (Kannada:ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರು) were a dynasty who ruled most of the western deccan, South India between the 10th and 12th centuries. Alternative names are Kalyani Chalukya (after their capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in Karnataka) and Later Chalukya (from their theoretical relationship to the 6th century Chalukya dynasty of Badami).
Western Chicken Turtle The western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria Latreille) is a small to medium-sized aquatic turtle. The egg-shaped carapace is rough textured without keels or marginal serrations and tends to be olive to brown in color.
Western China Western China refers to the western part of China. In the definition of the Chinese Government, Western China covers 6 provinces: Gansu, Guizhou, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan; 5 autonomous regions: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang; and 1 municipality: Chongqing.
Western Chinese mountain salamander The Western Chinese mountain salamander, Batrachuperis pinchonii, is known in Chinese legend as the White Dragon. During the 16th century, a Chinese author documented its presence at the Omei mountain in the province of Sichuan.
Western intensification Western intensification is the intensification of the western arm of an oceanic current, particularly a large gyre in an ocean basin, due to the Coriolis effect, and the variation of Coriolis force with latitude (the beta effect). It is for this reason that the currents on the western boundary of a basin (such as the Gulf Stream, a current on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean) are stronger than those on the eastern boundary (such as the California Current, on the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean).
Western interpretations of Taoism Western interpretations of Taoism covers the portrayal of Taoism in the Western academic and popular press. "Western" is here interpreted very broadly so as to include books marketed to, as well as written by, Westerners.
Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks The Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks is the official title of the marching band comprised of the students of Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. The group was formed in 1904 and has since formed a reputation of musical excellence that is rich in both tradition and innovation.
Western Independence Party The Western Independence Party (WIP) was a Canadian political party that advocated the separation from Canada of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories to form a new country.
Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. It advocates the separation of Canada's four western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), and the formation of a new country.
Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) The Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) was founded in 1919 and is one of the largest motoring organisations in Asia with over 42,000 members. The head office is located in Bombay with branches in Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur, Jaipur and Goa.
Western Infirmary The Western Infirmary is a teaching hospital situated in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland at . The hospital has just under five hundred beds with over a fifth of them dedicated to the Beatson Oncology Centre, responsible for cancer care for half of Scotland's population.
Western Institute The Western Institute in Poznań (Polish: Instytut Zachodni, German West-Institut, French: Institute Occidentale) is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie (including Greater Poland, Silesia, Pomerania), history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.
Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education The Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente) (ITESO), also known as Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, is a university in the Western Mexican state of Jalisco, located in the municipality of Tlaquepaque – part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.
Western Interior Seaway The Western Interior Seaway, also called the Cretaceous Seaway and the North American Inland Sea, was a huge inland sea that split the continent of North America into two halves during most of the early and mid-Cretaceous Period.
Western Jewish History Center The Judah L. Magnes Museum's Western Jewish History Center, established in 1967, contains a library and a large collection of archival material that documents and preserves the history and experiences of the Jewish community of the Western United States from the start of the California Gold Rush to the present.
Western Junior B Hockey League The Western Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The league's playoff champion will compete with the champions of the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League and Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League for the Sutherland Cup, the Provincial Championship.
Western Junior C Hockey League The Western Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Western will compete for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup.
Western Kshatrapas The Western Kshatrapas, or Western Satraps, (35-405) were Saka rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states). They were contemporaneous with the Kushans who ruled the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, and the Satavahana (Andhra) who ruled in Central India.
Western lifestyle Western Lifestyle is defined as a social classification of people significantly influenced by the (often romanticized) attitudes, ethics and history of the American Western Cowboy Culture. This lifestyle affects this sector of population's choice of recreation, clothing, and consumption of goods.
Western Larch Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America, in Canada in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, and in the United States in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho and western Montana.
Western Latin character sets (computing) Several binary representations of the character sets used for Western European languages in computers are compared in this article. This includes the Romance languages and Germanic languages, which use the Latin alphabet with a limited set of specialized letters and diacritics.
Western Launch and Test Range The Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR) is a space launch range located at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Operated by the 30th Space Wing, the WLTR begins at the coastal boundaries of Vandenberg and extends westward to the Marshall Islands, including sites in Hawaii on Oahu and Molokai.
Western League (U.S. baseball) The Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs, simply called the Western League, was a minor league baseball league founded in 1893, and focused in the Midwest. In 1900, the league was renamed the American League, and declared major league status in 1901.
Western Leisure Centre Western Leisure Centre is a public leisure centre in Caerau, Cardiff, owned and run by the city council. Located on Caerau Lane, it serves the people living in the south-west of the city and features a swimming pool, gymnasium, indoor courts, a bar and a cafeteria.
Western Line The Western Line (西部幹線) is a railway line of the Taiwan Railway Administration running along Taiwan's densely populated western corridor. As a result of this, it remains the busiest rail line in Taiwan.
Western Lombard Western Lombard (or Insubric) is officially a Lombard language variety spoken in Italy and Switzerland (Canton Ticino), but it's so different from Eastern Lombard (or Orobic), that it's often considered as another language.
Western Lowland Gorilla The Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Of all gorillas it is the least endangered and is the gorilla usually found in zoos.
Western marsh orchid The western marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis; also broad-leaved marsh orchid, fan orchid, common marsh orchid) is a terrestrial European orchid. Its flowering period begins at lower elevations as early as the beginning of May and ends in higher elevations at the end of July.
Western martial arts Western Martial Arts (WMA) refers to the European based fighting techniques and skills as opposed to the Asian rooted systems, and are further differentiated by the lack of a spiritual component common to most of the Asian systems. Western Martial Arts have seen a resurgence of interest since the beginning of the early 1990's, centered mainly on the study, recreation and preservation of medieval and renaissance swordsmanship and combat skills developed during the 14th through 18th centuries, which one may consider the modern outgrowth or superset of Historical European Martial Arts.
Western music Western music is the genres of music originating in the Western world (Europe and its former colonies) including Western classical music, American Jazz, Country and Western, pop music and rock and roll. The word Western may be misleading as the definition of the western world has changed over time and because of the inclusion of Western influenced genres.
Western music (North America) Western Music, directly related to the old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, was originally composed by and about the people settling and working in the American West and western Canada. Mexican music, especially in the American Southwest, also somewhat influenced its development.
Western mystery tradition The term Western mystery tradition (also Western Esoteric tradition) refers to the collection of the mystical esoteric knowledge of the Western world. The tradition has no one source or unifying text, nor does it hold any specific dogma, instead placing emphasis on "inner knowledge" or Gnosis.
Western Mail The Western Mail is a daily newspaper published by Western Mail and Echo Ltd in Cardiff, Wales. It describes itself as "the national newspaper of Wales" (originally "the national newspaper of Wales and Monmouthshire").
Western Major Baseball League The Western Major Baseball League or WMBL is a summer collegiate baseball league. The league can trace its roots back to 1948, as it has gone by many names over the years, including the Alberta-Saskatchewan Baseball league, Western Canadian Baseball League and Saskatchewan Baseball League before settling on its current name in 2000.
Western Marxism Western Marxism is a term used to describe a wide variety of Marxist theoreticians based in Western and Central Europe (and more recently North America), in contrast with philosophy in the Soviet Union. While Georg Lukács's History and Class Consciousness and Karl Korsch]'s Marxism and Philosophy first published in [[1923], are often seen as the works which inaugurated this current, the phrase itself was coined much later by [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Western Maryland Rail Trail The Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT) is a 23 mile long shared-use asphalt-paved rail trail from Fort Frederick to Little Orleans, Maryland suitable for walkers, joggers, bikers, rollerbladers and, weather permitting, cross country skiing.
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is a tourist railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland. It operates over ex-Western Maryland Railway trackage to Frostburg, Maryland and back using both steam and diesel power.
Western Mass Pioneers Western Mass Pioneers are an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Second Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and currently play their home games at Lusitano Stadium in the city of Ludlow, Massachusetts.
Western Massachusetts Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley. Most commonly, the region is considered to include Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties.
Western Metropolitan Region, Victoria The electoral district of Western Metropolitan Region is one of eight new electoral divisions of the state of Victoria, Australia, each of which elects five members to the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council, by proportional representation. It was created in 2006 following the reform of the Legislative Council by the Australian Labor Party state government of Steve Bracks.
Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University is a NCAA Division I-A school and competes in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball, football, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The men's hockey team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
Western Military Institute The Western Military Institute was a preparatory school and college located first in Kentucky, then in Tennessee. It was founded by Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson in 1847, and initially located in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Western Mindanao State University Western Mindanao State University is the only state university in Zamboanga City. It has two (2) campuses: the main campus of 79,000 square metres and 9,147 square metres is located within the city (Barangay Baliwasan), and the satellite campus of 200,000 square metres occupied by the College of Agriculture located at San Ramon, approximately more than twenty kilometers away from the city.
Western Music Association Hall of Fame The Western Music Association Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Western Music Association. Inductees are those individuals deemed important to the traditional and contemporary music of the American West and the American Cowboy.
Western Mustang Band The Western Mustang (Marching) Band (WMB) is the award-winning marching band and pep band for the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Its legacy began in 1938 with music faculty alumnus Don Wright (for whom the faculty is now named) and has thrived since then into the band of today.
Western New England College Western New England College is a private, independent, coeducational university founded in 1919. Located on a 215-acre suburban campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, the College serves approximately 4,000 students on its main campus and at six satellite sites within Massachusetts.
Western New England College School of Law Western New England College School of Law is a private, American Bar Association-accredited law school in Springfield, Massachusetts, the only ABA-accredited law school in Massachusetts outside the greater Boston area. It is one of the four schools of Western New England College.
Western New Guinea Western New Guinea is the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and consists of two provinces, Papua and West Irian Jaya. It was previously known by various names, including Netherlands New Guinea (until 1st Dec 1961), West Papua (until August 1962), West Irian (1962–1973), and Irian Jaya (1973–2000).
Western New Guinea campaign The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. United States and Australian forces assaulted Japanese bases and positions in the north-west coastal areas of Netherlands New Guinea and adjoining parts of the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
Western Nilotic languages The Western Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan. The about 22 (SIL estimate) Western Nilotic languages are spoken in an area ranging from Southern Sudan (Dinka) via Eastern Uganda to Southern Kenya (with one of the Luo languages extending into Northern Tanzania).
Western North Carolina Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known as the state's Mountain Region. It is sometimes included with upstate South Carolina as the "Western Carolinas", which is also counted as a single media market.
Western North Carolina Annual Conference The Western North Carolina Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the western half of the state of North Carolina, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop being located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Western Oil Sands Western Oil Sands (), headquartered in Calgary, Alberta is a 20 percent partner in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project. Together with their partners, Western Oil Sands mines and extracts recoverable bitumen reserves at the Muskeg River Mine for transportation to the Scotford Upgrader, 435 km to the south, for upgrading into synthetic crude oil.
Western Ontario Athletic Association The Western Ontario Athletic Association, abbreviated as WOAA, is the governing body of minor and senior sports in a region encompassing Grey County, Bruce County, Perth County, Huron County, northern Middlesex County, and northern Wellington County. The WOAA Senior Hockey League has been around since 1948 and still flourishes to this day.
Western Oregon Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to apply to the portion of the state of Oregon that is west of the Cascade Range. The term is applied somewhat loosely however, and is sometimes taken to exclude the southwestern areas of the state, which are sometimes called Southern Oregon.
Western Oregon University Western Oregon University, located in Monmouth, Oregon, USA, was established in 1856 by Oregon pioneers as "Monmouth University", a private college, and later merged with another private institution to become "Christian College." It became a state college called "Oregon State Normal School" in 1882.
Western Outlands The Western Outlands (, Zapadni pokraynini; Serbian: Западне покрајине; Zapadne pokrajine) or the Western Bulgarian Outlands is a term used in Bulgaria which refers to several territorially separate regions in southeastern Serbia and in the southeast of the Republic of Macedonia. It refers to the territory which Bulgaria ceded to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (future Yugoslavia) after the World War I.
Western philosophy Western philosophy is a term that refers to philosophical thinking in the Western or Occidental world, as opposed to the various kinds of Eastern or Oriental philosophy and also in distinction to varieties of Indigenous philosophies.
Western pleasure Western Pleasure is a western riding competition at horse shows that judges the manners and suitability of the horse for appropriate gait cadence and speed, along with suitable disposition. Most light horse breeds in the United States and Canada may compete in western pleasure classes, either in open competition or at shows limited to a single breed.
Western pond turtle The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) is a small to medium-sized turtle growing to approximately 20 cm in carapace length. It is limited to the west coast of the United States of America and Mexico, ranging from western Washington state to northern Baja California.
Western Pacific Railroad Museum The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) at Portola, formerly known as the Portola Railroad Museum (prior to January 1 2006) is a heritage railway located at Portola, California, that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad.
Western Pahari Western Pahari is a group of 17 languages spoken by about 8 million people on Northwestern India and in North Eastern Pakistan specifically Himachal Pradesh (Khalsa area), Uttaranchal, and Indian Occupied Kashmir of (Jammu and Kashmir).
Western Panda Productions Western Panda Productions is a small production company based in Little Falls, New York. It consists of editor/writer Chris Markwardt and casts typically the same group of actors, including Shawn Markwardt, Adam Snyder, Barry Spaulding, and Travis Judd.
Western Pantar language Western Pantar (also known as Lamma; ISO 693-3 lev) is a Papuan language spoken in the western part of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Western Pantar is spoken widely in the region by at least 10000 speakers.
Western Parotia The Western Parotia, Parotia sefilata is a medium-sized, up to 33cm long, bird of paradise with a medium length tail. The male has a black plumage with an iridescent golden green breast shield and triangular silver feathers on its crown.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) has been entrusted with preserving Fallingwater, the masterpiece home built by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Mill Run, Pa. The WPC protects, conserves and restores land and water for the diversity of the region's plants, animals and their ecosystems.
Western Piedmont Council of Governments The Western Piedmont Council of Governments is one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region E) established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration. Headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, it serves Caldwell, Burke, Alexander, and Catawba counties.
Western Pine Elfin The Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphron) is a North American butterfly that ranges from British Columbia east to Maine and south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Males are brown and females are orange-brown, with both having bold patterned hind wings.

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