word | | Geography - note |
| Western | Bahrain | close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean |
| Western | Belgium | crossroads of Western Europe; most West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels, the seat of both the European Union and NATO |
| Western | Croatia | controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks |
| western | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... Iles Eparses): the islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises |
| western | Guam | largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean |
| western | Guinea-Bissau | this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland |
| western | Guyana | the third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and Uruguay; substantial portions of its western and eastern territories are claimed by Venezuela and Suriname respectively |
| western | Haiti | shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic) |
| Western | Hungary | landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the ... |
| Western | Italy | strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe |
| western | Laos | landlocked; most of the country is mountainous and thickly forested; the Mekong River forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand |
| Western | Macedonia | landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe |
| western | Paracel Islands | composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group |
| western | Portugal | Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar |
| Western | Serbia | controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East |
| western | Sierra Leone | rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa |
| Western | Solomon Islands | ... scale occurred 345 km WNW of the capital Honiara, the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of Western and Choiseul provinces with dozens of deaths and thousands dislocated; the provincial capital of Gizo ... |
| western | Turkmenistan | landlocked; the western and central low-lying desolate portions of the country make up the great Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which occupies over 80% of the country; eastern part is plateau |
| westernmost | Cuba | largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles |
| westernmost | Iceland | strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in the world; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe |
| westernmost | Palau | westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands |
| westernmost | Senegal | westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal |
| wettest | Sierra Leone | rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa |
| white | Aruba | a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees ... |
| White | Burkina Faso | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas |
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