Geographic Area Name - W

Wake Island [powk]

Wales [e-uk-wl]

Wallis and Futuna Islands [powf]

Washington (D.C.) [n-us-dc]

UF District of Columbia

Washington (State) [n-us-wa]

Washington Region

Assigned codes:

[n-us-md] Maryland

[n-us-va] Virginia

[n-us-dc] Washington (D.C.)

West (Canada)

USE Northwest, Canadian

West (U.S.) [n-usp]

UF Far West (U.S.)

Pacific and Mountain States

Western States (U.S.)

West Africa

USE Africa, West

West Africa, Portuguese

USE Angola

West Bank [awba]

[Coded [a-is] (Israel) and/or [a-jo] (Jordan) before Mar. 1988]

UF Judaea and Samaria

West Bank of the Jordan River

West Bank of the Jordan River

USE West Bank

West Berlin

USE Berlin (Germany)

West Germany

for the western part of Germany:

USE Germany (West)

for Germany as a whole:

USE Germany

West Indies [nw]

UF Antilles, Greater

Greater Antilles

Indies, West

West Indies, Dutch

USE Netherlands Antilles

West Indies, French

Assigned code:

[nwla] Antilles, Lesser

UF French West Indies

West Irian

USE Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West New Guinea

USE Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West Pakistan

USE Pakistan

West River (China) [a-ccs]

UF Hsi Chiang (China)

Si-kiang (China)

Si River (China)

West Spitsbergen (Norway)

USE Spitsbergen Island (Norway)

West Virginia [n-us-wv]

Western Australia [u-at-we]

Western Canada

USE Canada, Western

Western Europe

USE Europe, Western

Western Hemisphere [xd]

Western Sahara [f-ss]

UF Spanish Sahara

Western Samoa

USE Samoa

Western Siberia (Russia)

USE Siberia, Western (Russia)

Western Soviet Union

USE Soviet Union, Western

Western States (U.S.)

USE West (U.S.)

White Russia

USE Belarus

Wight, Isle of (England)

USE Isle of Wight (England)

Windward Islands [nwwi]

Wisconsin [n-us-wi]

Woodlark Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Wyoming [n-us-wy]

See also:

Geographic Name Area Sequence