northwest
Noun · Adjective · AdverbOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the northwestern region of the United StatesSynonyms: northwestern United StatesInstance of geographical area, geographic areaPart of West, western United StatesParts Cascades, Cascade Range
- the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass pointType of direction
- the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degreesSynonyms: nor'-westnorthwestwardNWType of compass point, point
- a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or cityType of location
Adjective (2)
- situated in or oriented toward the northwestSynonyms: northwesternnorthwesterlyOpposite southSimilar north
- coming from the northwest“northwesterly winds”Synonyms: northwesterlyOpposite southSimilar north
Adverb (1)
- to, toward, or in the northwestSynonyms: north-westnor'-west
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Translations
Noun compass point
- Spanish
- noroeste
- French
- nord-ouest
- German
- Nordwesten
- Italian
- nordovest
- Portuguese
- noroeste
- Turkish
- kuzeybatı
- Russian
- се́веро-за́пад sévero-západ
- Chinese
- 西北 xīběi
- Japanese
- 北西 hokusei
- Dutch
- noordwesten
22 more languages
- Swedish
- nordväst
- Greek
- βορειοδυτικά voreiodytiká
- Korean
- 북서 bukseo
- Indonesian
- barat laut
- Vietnamese
- tây bắc
- Hungarian
- északnyugat
- Portuguese (PT)
- noroeste
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 西北 xīběi
- Albanian
- veriperëndim
- Catalan
- nord-oest
- Czech
- severozápad
- Danish
- nordvest
- Esperanto
- nordokcidento
- Estonian
- loe
- Finnish
- luode
- Georgian
- ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი črdilo-dasavleti
- Icelandic
- norðvestur
- Malagasy
- avaratr'andrefana
- Norwegian
- nordvest
- Romanian
- nord-vest
- Serbo-Croatian
- sjeverozapad
- Swahili
- kaskazini-magharibi
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. norðwest.
1. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
2. The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states of the United States, especially the states of Washington and Oregon. U.S.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
Toward the northwest.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors