Northwest Definition–noun | 1. | a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: 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. |
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–adjective | 4. | Also, northwestern. coming from the northwest: a northwest wind. |
| 5. | directed toward the northwest: sailing a northwest course. |
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| 7. | toward the northwest: sailing northwest. |
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region, northwestern U.S., including the states of Oregon and Washington and part of Idaho.Northwest Territory
U.S. territory created by Congress in 1787 encompassing the region lying west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi River, and south of the Great Lakes. Virginia, New ...
Northwest Passage
historical sea passage of the North American continent, representing centuries of effort to find a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic archipelago of what became ...
Northwest Territories
region of northern and northwestern Canada, encompassing a vast area of forests and tundra. Throughout most of the 20th century the territories constituted more than one-third of the area of Canada, ...
Northwest Ordinances
several ordinances enacted by the U.S. Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable procedures for the settlement and political incorporation of the Northwest Territory-i.e., that ...
Northwest Orient
trade name of Northwest Airlines, Inc. (q.v.).Northwest Airlines, Inc.
American airline founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways, Inc., and incorporated on April 16, 1934, as Northwest Airlines, Inc. Originally flying a mail route between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, ...
Northwest Coast Indian
member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland and offshore islands from the southern border of Alaska to northwestern California.Northwest Missouri State University
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Maryville, Mo., U.S., 90 miles (145 km) north of Kansas City. It comprises colleges of arts and sciences, education and human services, and ...
Northwest Territories, flag of the
Canadian territorial flag consisting of vertical blue-white-blue stripes and the shield of the territorial coat of arms on its wide central stripe. |
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