northwest
has definitions from the field of geography
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[ adverb ] to, toward, or in the northwest
Synonyms Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Activity by British traders and the presence of a colony on the Red prompted the United_State War_Department in 1819 to send Lieutenant-Colonel_Henry_Leavenworth from Detroit to put a post 300 miles northwest of Prairie_du_Chien , until then the most advanced United_States post . |
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[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the northwest
Synonyms Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)His chief discovery was important - the Great_North ( later , the Hudson ) River - but it produced no northwest passage . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) the northwestern region of the United States
Synonyms Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)To find_out , we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled , in the daytime at_least , by the Royal_Lao_Army : from Attopeu , the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast , to Muong_Sing , the City of Lions in the northwest , close to Communist_China ( map , page 250 ) . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] coming from the northwest
Synonyms Examples "northwesterly winds" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
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