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northwest
[nawrth-west, nawr-west]
noun
a point on the compass midway between north and west. NW
a region in this direction.
the Northwest,
the northwestern part of the United States, especially Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
the northwestern part of the United States when its western boundary was the Mississippi River.
the northwestern part of Canada.
adjective
coming from the northwest.
a northwest wind.
directed toward the northwest.
sailing a northwest course.
adverb
from the northwest.
toward the northwest.
sailing northwest.
northwest
1/ ˌɔːθˈɛ, ˌnɔːˈwɛst /
noun
the point of the compass or direction midway between north and west, 315° clockwise from north
(often capital) any area lying in or towards this direction
adjective
(sometimes capital) of or denoting the northwestern part of a specified country, area, etc
northwest Greenland
adjective
in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the northwest
Northwest
2/ ˌɔːθˈɛ /
noun
the northwestern part of England, esp Lancashire and the Lake District
the northwestern part of the US, consisting of the states of Washington, Oregon, and sometimes Idaho
(in Canada) the region north and west of the Great Lakes
Other 51Թ Forms
- northwestern adjective
- ˌԴǰٳˈɱٱԳDz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of northwest1
Example Sentences
I'm the only Democrat in 42 counties in northwest and north central Iowa.
According to the Met Office, Tuesday will see cloudy weather with patches of rain in southern Scotland, the east of Northern Ireland, northwest England and northwest Wales.
“A lot of people say we can’t do anything because of threats from organized crime, or we don’t have qualified people,” said Quiroa, who is running in northwest Sinaloa state, an epicenter of cartel violence.
Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, the volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.
Some of the hundreds of written observations that Dr Freymann and her colleagues studied came from a log book at the field station in the forest site, which is northwest of the capital, Kampala.
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