Westlake

See also: West Lake

English

Alternative forms

• (certain place names): West Lake, West-Lake, West-lake, WestLake

Etymology

From west +‎ lake.

Proper noun

Westlake (countable and uncountable, plural Westlakes)

1. A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
         • 2017 January 26, Marissa Clifford, “Why doesn’t MacArthur Park gentrify?”, in Curbed‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2017:

           Below is the last photo I took of my old apartment in MacArthur Park, a neighborhood whose name has been synonymous with danger for decades. From Chelsea Handler’s questionable inquiry about bodies in the park’s lake, made whilst buying pupusas from a street vendor on her Netflix special, to the “Gangs” header on its Wikipedia page, MacArthur Park has an infamous reputation both in pop culture and in Los Angeles. The name MacArthur Park refers both to its central park and the 2.72 mile radius surrounding it—a neighborhood also called Westlake that has a long and complicated history of overcrowding, gentrification, and displacement.

      2. A district of Daly City, San Mateo County, California.
      3. A minor city in Palm Beach County, Florida.
      4. A ghost town in Twiggs County, Georgia.
      5. A city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
      6. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
      7. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
      8. A town in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas.
      9. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
   3. A suburb in south-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
   4. A ghost town near Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2. (countable) A surname.

Related terms

• Eastlake
• East Lake
• Northlake
• North Lake
• South Lake
• Southlake

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Westlake is the 11637^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2694 individuals. Westlake is most common among White (92.98%) individuals.

See also

• Lake West
• Lake Western
• West
• Western Lake
• Western Lakes
• West Lake

Anagrams

• last week, wakelets