Northwestern 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. | | –adjective | 4. | Also, northwestern. coming from the northwest: a northwest wind. | | 5. | directed toward the northwest: sailing a northwest course. | –adverb | 7. | toward the northwest: sailing northwest. | <
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/table> From DictionaryRelated topics from BritannicaNorthwestern University
private, coeducational university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. Northwestern University is a comprehensive research institution and a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. ...
Europe
The ancient, often mineral-laden rocks of the northwestern highlands, their contours softened by prolonged erosion and glaciation, are found throughout much of Iceland, Ireland, and in northern and ...
Native American music
The states of Sonora and Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico are home to indigenous peoples such as the Seri, Yaqui, Tarahumara, and some Yumans. In general, singers from Northwestern Mexico use a ...
Europe
From about 61 to 52 million years ago (early in the Tertiary) there were important igneous extrusions and intrusions in northwestern Britain. In Northern Ireland and northwestern Scotland, basaltic ...
Arctic
The Sami (Lapps) are the indigenous inhabitants of northern Fennoscandia. They were originally scattered throughout the forests of Finland, Karelia, and the Kola Peninsula and along the margins of ...
India
It is still far from certain at what date the urban society broke down. The decline probably occurred in several stages, perhaps over a century or more; the period between about 2000 and 1750 BCE is ...
Breton literature
the body of writings in the Breton language of northwestern France.Uist
either of two islands of the Outer Hebrides, both lying off the northwestern coast of Scotland. See North Uist; South Uist.West Frisian Islands
part of the chain of Frisian Islands (q.v.), which lie in the North Sea just off the coast of northwestern Europe. They belong to The Netherlands.Ayabaca
town, northwestern Peru, near the border with Ecuador. It is an agricultural trade centre. Archaeological Indian sites are nearby. Pop. (2005) 4,708. |
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