west oor Xhosa

west

/wɛst/ werkwoord, naamwoord, bywoord, adjektief

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

iNtshona

This meant altering his latitude by 1°, and determining how much easting or westing he would then make.
Lento ithetha ukuthi ukutshintsha umphakamo ngo1° wazimisela kangakanani kwimpuma okanye intshona ebenoyenza.

West

/west/ eienaam, naamwoord

The Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.

Soortgelyke frases

west-northwest
iNtshona-umNtlantshona

west-southwest
iNtshona-uMzantsintshona

west-north-west
iNtshona-umNtlantshona

north-north-west
umNtla-umNtlantshona

voorbeelde

3 They Offered Themselves Willingly —In West Africa
3 Bazinikela Ngokuvumayo—ENtshona Afrika

Although stars passed along the sky from east to west, they did not change their positions in relation to one another.
Nangona iinkwenkwezi zihamba esibhakabhakeni zisuka empuma zisiya entshona, ukuma kwazo akutshintshi.

This mound in Israel marking the ancient city of Arad is west of the Dead Sea.
Le nduli yakwaSirayeli iphawula isixeko samandulo saseArad kwintshona yoLwandle Olufileyo.

A group of Kingdom proclaimers traveled by boat more than 2,500 miles [4,000 km] up the west coast to Qaanaaq (Thule), reaching some of the northernmost communities on the globe.
Iqela labavakalisi boBukumkani lahamba iikhilomitha ezingaphezu kwama-4 000 ngephenyane linyuka ngecala lasentshona lonxweme laya eQaanaaq (eThule), lifikelela eminye yeyona mimandla yomhlaba ingasentla.

However, bloodshed is averted when it is explained that the altar is not for sacrifice but only to serve as “a witness between us [Israel to the east and to the west of the Jordan] that Jehovah is the true God.” —22:34.
Phofu ke, ukuphalazwa kwegazi kuyathintelwa xa ithi icaciswe into yokuba esi sibingelelo asakhelwanga amadini kodwa sakhelwe nje ukuze sibe “lingqina phakathi kwethu [maSirayeli asempuma nakwintshona yeYordan] ukuba uYehova unguye uThixo.”—22:34.

A West German TV station is planning a 24-hour broadcast of sunrises around the earth.”
Iziko losasazo likamabonwakude laseNtshona Jamani liceba inkqubo yosasazo yeeyure ezingama-24 zokuphuma kwelanga kulo lonke ihlabathi.”

To the east are the mountains of Judah; to the west, the coastal plain of Philistia.
Ngasempuma kukho iintaba zakwaYuda; entshona, kukho ithafa eliselunxwemeni lamaFilisti.

After many happy years in southern Africa, we were reassigned in 1975 to Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Emva kokuchitha iminyaka emininzi kwiAfrika esemazantsi, ngowe-1975 safumana isabelo esitsha eSierra Leone, eNtshona Afrika.

Even before the government granted them legal recognition, groups of them were active all the way from Lviv in the west to Vladivostok on the Soviet Union’s eastern border, across the sea from Japan.
Kwanangaphambi kokuba urhulumente awamkele ngokusemthethweni, amaqela awo awayesebenza ukususela eLviv ekwintshona ukuya kuthi xhaxhe ngeVladivostok kumda weSoviet Union ongasempuma, ngaselwandle kwicala elingaseJapan.

In the West, views on sin have traditionally been clear-cut, and most people have agreed that sin exists and should be avoided.
ENtshona, iingcamango ezingesono ngokwesithethe zicace mhlophe, yaye inkoliso yabantu iye yavuma ukuba isono sikho yaye sifanelwe siphetshwe.

Knowing that many people in the West feared Communism, the Catholic clergy in the Irish city of Cork, in 1948, whipped up opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses by constantly referring to them as “Communist devils.”
Besazi ukuba abantu abaninzi kwelaseNtshona babeboyika ubuKomanisi, ngowe-1948, abefundisi bamaKatolika kwisixeko saseCork eIreland babangela ukuba amaNgqina kaYehova achaswe ngokusoloko bethetha ngawo ngokuthi ‘ngamaKomanisi angamabhedengu.’

He launched attacks on two fronts —against European lands to the west and against the Sung dynasty in southern China.
Wahlasela amazwe asentshona Yurophu kwakunye nobukhosi bamaSung obukwiTshayina esemazantsi.

The several rented rooms where they lived served as headquarters of the Society’s West African branch, which then cared for the Kingdom work in Nigeria, Ghana, and Sierra Leone.
Amagumbi aliqela awayeqeshiwe ababehlala kuwo ayesebenza njengekomkhulu lesebe loMbutho eNtshona Afrika, ngoko elalinyamekela umsebenzi woBukumkani eNigeria, eGhana naseSierra Leone.

* In 1778, the British explorer James Cook reached the same conclusion when he sailed west through the Bering Strait, only to find ice blocking his path.
* Ngowe-1778, uJames Cook owayengumkhenkethi waseBritani wafikelela kwisigqibo esifanayo xa wayewelela ngaseNtshona ewela kwiBering Strait waza wavalelwa ngumkhenkce.

For example, some West European ports that are advantageously situated have been able to persuade major industrial concerns to settle in the port area by making major investments in their infrastructures.
Umzekelo amanye amazibuko enqanawa kwintshona-Europe abekwe kakuhle abe- nakho ukucenga izinxulumano ezingundoqo zoshishino, ukuzinzisa kwindawo yamazibuko enqanawa ngokwenza undoqo wozaliso-mali kumaziko akhoyo ukuze umbuso ube nokusebenza.

It is, for example, possible to transport containers by rail or road by means of the North American land bridge on the shortest route between the East Coast of the USA and the West Coast, and from there forward them by ship to Japan.
Ngokomzekelo kunokwenzeka ukuhambisa izikhongozeli zomhlaba ngololiwe okanye ngendlela yoncedo lomntla Melika lebrorho zomhlaba kwindlela emfutshane phakathi konxweme oluse Mpuma lwase-USA kunye nonxweme oluseNtshona, ukusuka apho ahanjiselwe phambili ngenqanawa ukuya eJapan.

North-West Region
Northwest TerritoriesRegion/state name (optional, rarely needs a translation

The Soviet Union, viewed by many in the West as an instigator of global conflicts, disappeared before the eyes of an astonished world.
ISoviet Union eyayijongwa ngamazwe amaninzi aseNtshona njengomphembeleli wodushe olusehlabathini, yawa ngendlela eyashiya ihlabathi libambe ongezantsi.

2 Yet, because of the idea that the soul is immortal, religions of both the East and the West have developed a bewildering kaleidoscope of beliefs about the Hereafter.
2 Ukanti, ngenxa yembono yokuba umphefumlo awufi, iinkonzo zaseMpuma naseNtshona zeza neenkolelo ezingangoboya benja zoBomi Basemva Kokufa.

They were numbered 0 to 90 on each side of the north-south rhumb, and below the east-west rhumb.
Beziphawulwe ngenombolo ezisuka ku0 ukuya ku90 kwicala ngalinye lomntla -mzantsi lencam nangaphantsi empumantshona yencam.

When the Day's Work had been worked out, it was necessary to combine the total east-west and north-south elements of the day's sailing into the course made good.
Xa umsebenzi wosuku sele uhloliwe, bekumele ukuba kuhlanganiswe iziqalelo zeMpumantshona nomntlaMzantsi zemini yohambo olo sele lugqityiwe

Twice a year, at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the declination is Oo, and the sun rises bearing exactly east and sets exactly west.
Kabini enyakeni, entwasahlobo nasekwindla, indawo esibhakabhakeni ephikisana nobubanzi emhlabeni liqanda, kwaye ilanga liphuma kanye empuma litshone kanye entshona.

27 And it came to pass that the king sent a aproclamation throughout all the land, amongst all his people who were in all his land, who were in all the regions round about, which was bordering even to the sea, on the east and on the bwest, and which was divided from the land of cZarahemla by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west, and round about on the borders of the seashore, and the borders of the wilderness which was on the north by the land of Zarahemla, through the borders of dManti, by the head of the eriver Sidon, running from the east towards the west—and thus were the Lamanites and the Nephites divided.
27 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ukumkani wathumela aisibhengezo kulo lonke ilizwe, phakathi kwabo bonke abantu bakhe ababekulo lonke ilizwe lakhe, ababekuzo zonke iingingqi ezingqongileyo, elalenze umda kwanokuya kulo ulwandle, ngasempuma kwaye nasentshona, nezazahlulwe kulo ilizwe blaseZarahemla sisiqwenga esimxinwa sentlango, esasibaleka ukusuka kulwandle olusempuma nakulo ulwandle olusentshona, nasekurhangqweni kwemida yonxweme yolwandle, nemida yentlango eyaye ingasemantla ngakulo ilizwe laseZarahemla, sinqumla imida yaseManti, ngakuyo intloko yomlambo iTsidon, sithathela ukusuka empuma ukuya ngase-ntshona—kwaye ayohlulwe njalo amaLeymenayithi namaNifayithi.

A range of hills follows the coast farther into the west.
Kukho udederhu lweenduli olugudle unxweme olungasentshona.

Indeed, all the new arrivals —both Israelites and foreigners, from the east or the west and from nearby or faraway lands— are hurrying to Jerusalem to dedicate their all to the name of Jehovah, their God. —Isaiah 55:5.
Eneneni, bonke abantu abafikayo apha—amaSirayeli nabantu basemzini, abavela empuma okanye entshona nabavela kumazwe akufuphi okanye akude—bayagxalathelana ukuya eYerusalem ukuya kunikela ngako konke abanako egameni likaYehova, uThixo wabo.—Isaya 55:5.