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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



... see from any map of Sicily, lies near the northwest corner of Sicily, and Messina near the northeast. In consequence of these occurrences, it happened that when Richard landed in Sicily he found his sister, the wife of the former king of the country, a widow and a prisoner, and her estates confiscated, while a person whom he considered a usurper ...
— Richard I - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... they stood thus the sky was again transformed. A steady yet soft wind from the northwest was propelling the great black cloud seaward, over to France; it moved in a solid mass, its ragged edges little by little broken off, its bulk detached from the night which lay behind it. And in the sky which it disclosed rose as it were a pale ...
— Thyrza • George Gissing
... the "Restless" proved lazy work at the outset. With this small sail there was not wind enough to carry the boat at much more than two miles per hour on her northwest course for the nearest Florida town where gasoline ...
— The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless - The Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise • H. Irving Hancock
... and with the feeling that the court-house and a whole regiment of constables were behind him, he took to his heels. A stiff-kneed gardener, who had observed his exit from the house, attempted to follow him; but he might as well have chased a northwest gale. Noddy reached the Glen, and no sound of pursuers could be heard. The phantom court-house had been ...
— Work and Win - or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise • Oliver Optic
... Sons of Liberty in "good and regular standing" in Chicago alone, at the time they were let down. By careful arrangements we were able to have reports from the different temples throughout the most important points in the Northwest, and carefully noted the chief business and obtained the list of members, all of which has been as carefully placed in the hands of the authorities of the War Department, and months ago much of the information was imparted to Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, in command of the Northern ...
— The Great North-Western Conspiracy In All Its Startling Details • I. Windslow Ayer


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