northwest has definitions from the field of geography
1
[ adverb ] to, toward, or in the northwest

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 .

2
[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the northwest

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

north

3
[ noun ] (geography) the northwestern region of the United States

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 ) .

4
[ adjective ] coming from the northwest

Synonyms

northwesterly

Examples

"northwesterly winds"

Related terms

north

5
[ noun ] the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

Synonyms

NW nor'-west

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compass_point

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