Originally and chiefly North American. The north-western part of a country or region; (Canadian) the Northwest Territories.
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释义 | the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > Canada > parts of (11) north-west1682 Originally and chiefly North American. The north-western part of a country or region; (Canadian) the Northwest Territories. down east1817 New England (esp. eastern Maine) and the Maritime Provinces of Canada; spec. the eastern coastal parts of this region. Atlantic provinces1855 the Canadian provinces situated on the Atlantic coast; (now) spec. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and… prairie province1873 With the. The province of Manitoba. Now historical. prairie provinces1878 In plural. The provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also in singular: any one of these provinces. mainland1901 Any such large continuous extent of land viewed from the perspective of the inhabitants of the… That part of British Columbia on the mainland of… maritimes1926 In plural Maritimes. = Maritime Provinces n. at compounds 2. Palliser triangle1934 (An unofficial name for) the semi-arid roughly triangular area of the Canadian prairies, comprising the southern parts of the provinces of Alberta… Newfie1942 Newfoundland. sand-hill1949 Canadian. plural. A region of south-eastern Alberta; in the mythology of Plains Indians, the abode of departed spirits. Near North1952 Chiefly Canadian. The southern edge of northern Ontario, extending in a band for 300 miles across Canada, and bounded by the Ottawa River on the east… |
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