northwest
pronunciation
How to pronounce northwest in British English:
UK [ˌnɔːθˈwɛst , nɔːˈwɛst]
How to pronounce northwest in American English:
US [ˌnɔrˈθwɛst]
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- Noun:
- the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
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- Adjective:
- situated in or oriented toward the northwest
- coming from the northwest
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- Adverb:
- to, toward, or in the northwest
Word Origin
- northwest
- Old English norðwest (adv.); from north + west. As a noun from late 14c. Related: Northwestern; northwesterly; northwestward. Northwest Passage first attested c. 1600.
Example
- 1. In the northwest , the dunes are interrupted by cityscape .
- 2. Chief researcher claudia rubinstein and her team found five fossilised species in sediment samples collected from the sierras subandinas in the central andean basin of northwest argentina .
- 3. I was born in 1968 in a small town in northwest china .
- 4. The tools were discovered deep in a cave in northwest mozambique .
- 5. Still , there are several ways through the northwest passage .