Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England, literally "(land of the) West Saxons;" see west + Saxon. Modern use in reference to southwestern England (excluding Cornwall) is from Hardy's novels.
werewolf
*werg-
wergeld
Werther
Wesleyan
Wessex
west
West Bank
West Indies
wester
westerlies
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