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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Old′ Northwest′. - American History, Place NamesSee Northwest Territories.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Old Northwest n - (in the early US) the land between the Great Lakes, the Mississippi, and the Ohio River. Awarded to the US in 1783, it was organized into the Northwest Territory in 1787 and now forms the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and part of Minnesota
See also Northwest Territory
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