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Northwest   /nˌɔrθwˈɛst/   Listen
Northwest

noun
1.
The northwestern region of the United States.  Synonym: northwestern United States.
2.
The direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point.
3.
The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.  Synonyms: nor'-west, northwestward, NW.
4.
A location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city.
adjective
1.
Situated in or oriented toward the northwest.  Synonyms: northwesterly, northwestern.
2.
Coming from the northwest.  Synonym: northwesterly.
adverb
1.
To, toward, or in the northwest.  Synonyms: nor'-west, north-west.



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"Northwest" Quotes from Famous Books



... purple, from purple to clear blue. But the De Danaans had burned their boats; they sought refuge rather by land, retreating northward till they came to the shelter of the great central woods. The Sons of Milid pursued them, and, overtaking them at Tailten on the Blackwater, some ten miles northwest of Tara, they fought another battle; after it, the supremacy of the De ...
— Ireland, Historic and Picturesque • Charles Johnston
... Lakes. After years of tedious public negotiations, under and through which ran a dark woof of private intrigue, the sinewy western hands so loosened the Spanish grip that in despair Spain surrendered to France the mouth of the river and the vast territories stretching thence into the dim Northwest. She hoped thereby to establish a strong barrier between her remaining provinces and her most dreaded foe. But France in her turn grew to understand that America's position as regards Louisiana, thanks to the steady westward movement of the backwoodsman, ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume One - From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 • Theodore Roosevelt
... "White pine," "pumpkin pine," "soft pine," in the Eastern markets refer to the wood of the white pine (Pinus strobus), and on the Pacific Coast to that of the sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). "Yellow pine" is applied in the trade to all the Southern lumber pines; in the Northwest it is also applied to the pitch pine (Pinus regida); in the West it refers mostly to the bull pine (Pinus ponderosa). "Yellow long-leaf pine" (Georgia pine), chiefly used in advertisements, refers to the ...
— Seasoning of Wood • Joseph B. Wagner
... of cloudless weather They melt into the light; When fog and mist surround us They're hidden from our sight; But when returns a season Clear shining after rain, While the northwest wind is blowing, We see the ...
— The Poems of Henry Van Dyke • Henry Van Dyke
... Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Keith, the outlaw, there was a striking physical and facial resemblance. Both had observed it, of course. It gave them a sort of confidence in each other. Between them it hovered ...
— The River's End • James Oliver Curwood


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