north-western
/nɔːθˈwɛst(ə)n
/adjective
1Situated in, directed towards, or facing the north-west: the far north-western provinces...
- The new museum has opened in north-western Spain.
- It made best sense to enter in the north-western corner.
- Los Silos is a little town on the north-western slope of the island of Tenerife.
1.1(Of a wind) blowing from the north-west: the bitterly cold north-western wind
2Living in, originating from, or characteristic of the north-west: an uprising of north-western inhabitants north-western art...
- We knew we wanted the house to fit its north-western context.
- Its early success was built upon a successful coalition among north-eastern evangelicals and north-western farmers.
- Some of the 14th century writing seals and later medieval cloth seals are apparently north-western products.