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north·west

(nôrth-wĕst′, nôr-wĕst′)

1. Abbr. NW The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due north and due west, or 45° west of due north.

2. An area or region lying in the northwest.

3. Northwest

a. A region of the northwest United States, generally including Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

b. Any of various historical regions of the United States, originally coextensive with the Northwest Territory but later often defined as including the lands between the upper Mississippi and the Missouri River.

adj.

1. To, toward, of, facing, or in the northwest.

2. Originating in or coming from the northwest: a northwest wind.

adv.

In, from, or toward the northwest.

north·west′ern adj.

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northwest

(ˌnɔːθˈwɛst; ˌnɔːˈwɛst)

1. (Physical Geography) the point of the compass or direction midway between north and west, 315° clockwise from north

2. (Physical Geography) the northwest (often capital) any area lying in or towards this direction

adj

(Physical Geography) (sometimes capital) of or denoting the northwestern part of a specified country, area, etc: northwest Greenland.

adj, adv

(Physical Geography) in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the northwest

Symbol: NW

ˌnorthˈwesternmost adj

Northwest

(ˌnɔːθˈwɛst)

1. (Placename) the northwestern part of England, esp Lancashire and the Lake District

2. (Placename) the northwestern part of the US, consisting of the states of Washington, Oregon, and sometimes Idaho

3. (Placename) (in Canada) the region north and west of the Great Lakes

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north•west

(ˌnɔrθˈwɛst; Naut. ˌnɔr-)

n.

1. a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbr.: NW

2. a region in this direction.

3. the Northwest,

a. the northwestern part of the United States, esp. Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

b. the northwestern part of the United States when its western boundary was the Mississippi River.

c. the northwestern part of Canada.

adj.

4. in, toward, or facing the northwest: the northwest corner.

5. coming from the northwest, as a wind.

adv.

6. toward the northwest: heading northwest.

7. from the northwest.

[before 900]

north`west′ern, adj.

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Noun	1.	Northwest - the northwestern region of the United States northwestern United States western United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
	2.	northwest - the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point direction - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
	3.	northwest - the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees northwestward, nor'-west, NW compass point, point - any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
	4.	northwest - a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city location - a point or extent in space
Adj.	1.	northwest - situated in or oriented toward the northwest northwestern, northwesterly north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
	2.	northwest - coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds" northwesterly north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
Adv.	1.	northwest - to, toward, or in the northwest north-west, nor'-west

Translations

شِمَالٌ غَرْبِيّ

severozápad

nordvest

Nordwesten

βορειοδυτικά βορειοδυτικός

noroeste

loe

luode

nord-ouest

sjeverozapad

északnyugatészaknyugati

nordovest nord-ovest

北西

북서쪽

северо-запад северо-западный

nordväst

ทิศตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ

kuzeybatı

tây bắc

西北

northwest

[ˈnɔːθˈwest]

A. N → noroeste m

B. ADJ [point, direction] → noroeste; [wind] → del noroeste

C. ADV (= northwestward) → hacia el noroeste; [situated] → al noroeste, en el noroeste

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northwest

[ˌnɔːθˈwɛst]

1. n → nordovest m

2. adj → di nordovest

3. adv → verso nordovest

northwest

→ شِمَالٌ غَرْبِيّ severozápad nordvest Nordwesten βορειοδυτικά noroeste luode nord-ouest sjeverozapad nord-ovest 北西 북서쪽 noordwesten nordvest północny zachód noroeste северо-запад nordväst ทิศตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ kuzeybatı tây bắc 西北

References in classic literature ?

Here new expeditions were fitted out and took their departure for Lake Michigan and the Mississippi; Lake Superior and the Northwest; and here the peltries brought in return were embarked for Montreal.

Thus was created the famous "Northwest Company," which for a time held a lordly sway over the wintry lakes and boundless forests of the Canadas, almost equal to that of the East India Company over the voluptuous climes and magnificent realms of the Orient.

Few travellers that have visited Canada some thirty years since, in the days of the M'Tavishes, the M'Gillivrays, the M'Kenzies, the Frobishers, and the other magnates of the Northwest, when the company was in all its glory, but must remember the round of feasting and revelry kept up among these hyperborean nabobs.

To behold the Northwest Company in all its state and grandeur, however, it was necessary to witness an annual gathering at the great interior place of conference established at Fort William, near what is called the Grand Portage, on Lake Superior.

Such was the Northwest Company in its powerful and prosperous days, when it held a kind of feudal sway over a vast domain of lake and forest.

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John Jacob Astor to establish an American emporium for the fur trade at the mouth of the Columbia, or Oregon River; of the failure of that enterprise through the capture of Astoria by the British, in 1814; and of the way in which the control of the trade of the Columbia and its dependencies fell into the hands of the Northwest Company.

Astor abandoned all thoughts of regaining Astoria, and made no further attempt to extend his enterprises beyond the Rocky Mountains; and the Northwest Company considered themselves the lords of the country.

In the old times of the great Northwest Company, when the trade in furs was pursued chiefly about the lakes and rivers, the expeditions were carried on in batteaux and canoes.

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This is the ninth of October, and they have not found her yet: they will as soon find the Northwest Passage.

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They are to sail (in search of the Northwest Passage) on the next day, with the morning tide.

Will the Second Sight oblige me by seeing the shortest way to the Northwest Passage, before we leave England?"

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In his role, Reitzes will develop and execute Northwest's commercial banking strategy, including a comprehensive and consistent sales delivery model across the bank's footprint, as well as new commercial products and services.