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(Encyclopedia) Saint Albans sānt ôlˈbənz [key], city (1990 pop. 11,194), Kanawha co., W W.Va., at the junction of the Coal and Kanawha rivers; settled c.1790, inc. 1868. It is chiefly residential, with diverse l...

(Encyclopedia) West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. There is farming (c...

(Encyclopedia) West Indies Associated States: see under West Indies Federation. ...

(Encyclopedia) Portuguese West Africa: see Angola. ...

(Encyclopedia) South West Africa: see Namibia.

(Encyclopedia) Netherlands West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

(Encyclopedia) West Irian Jaya: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) West Texas Basin: see Permian Basin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dutch West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...