northwestnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌnɔːθˈwest/us/ˌnɔːrθˈwest/written abbreviation NWB1 the direction that is between north and west:
We live in the northwest of the city.
the Northwest
the area in the northwest of England, the US, or another country:
The Lake District is a very beautiful region in the Northwest.
Seattle is the largest city in the Northwest.
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- Unemployment in the northwest has been falling.
- They moved to the northwest last year.
- Manchester is in the northwest of England.
- The motorway connects the northwest with the midlands.
- He grew up in the northwest of Scotland.
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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Points of the compass
northwestadjective, adverb
uk/ˌnɔːθˈwest/us/ˌnɔːrθˈwest/B1 in or towards the northwest:
the sale of the company's northwest division
Turn northwest.
The town is/lies about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
northwest wind
a wind that comes from the northwest
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- east
- easterly
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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