northwest

See also: north-west and North West

English

Northwest.

Alternative forms

• north-west (UK)
• nor'-west (nautical)
• NW (abbreviation)

Etymology

From north +‎ west.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /nɔɹθˈwɛst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːθˈwɛst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: north‧west

Noun

northwest (plural northwests)

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

   Antonym: southeast

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     But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

including adjective

• north by northwest
• north-northwest
• north northwest
• north-northwesterly
• north-northwestern
• north-northwestwards
• North West
• Northwest Arctic Borough
• northwest by north
• northwest by west
• northwesterly
• northwestern
• Northwest Germanic
• Northwest Passage
• Northwest Territories
• northwestwards
• Old Northwest
• Pacific Northwest
• west northwest
• west-northwest
• west-northwesterly
• west-northwestern
• west-northwestwards

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևմուտք (hy) (hyusis-arewmutkʻ)
• Basque: ipar-sartalde, ipar-mendebal
• Belarusian: паўно́чны за́хад m (paŭnóčny záxad)
• Bulgarian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
• Burmese: အနောက်မြောက် (my) (a.naukmrauk)
• Catalan: nord-oest (ca)
• Central Melanau: laan alud
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 西北 (sî-pet)

  Hokkien: 西北 (sai-pak)

  Mandarin: 西北 (zh) (xīběi)

• Czech: severozápad (cs) m
• Danish: nordvest (da)
• Dutch: noordwesten (nl) n
• Esperanto: nordokcidento, norduesto
• Estonian: loe (et)
• Faroese: útnyrðingur m
• Finnish: luode (fi)
• French: nord-ouest (fr) m
• Galician: noroeste m
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი (črdilo-dasavleti), ჩრდილოეთ-დასავლეთი (črdiloet-dasavleti)
• German: Nordwesten (de) m
• Greek: βορειοδυτικά (el) (voreiodytiká)
• Hindi: पश्चिमोत्तर (hi) m (पश्चिमोत्तर)
• Hungarian: északnyugat (hu)
• Icelandic: norðvestur (is) n, útnorður n
• Ido: nord-westo (io)
• Indonesian: barat laut (id)
• Ingrian: länspohja, loovve (dated or poetic)
• Interlingua: nord-west
• Irish: iarthuaisceart m
• Italian: nordovest
• Japanese: 北西 (ja) (ほくせい, hokusei), (less common) 西北 (ja) (せいほく, seihoku), (obsolete) 乾 (ja) (いぬい, inui)
• Javanese: lor kulon (ngoko), lèr kilèn (krama), nurwitri (literary)
• Karo Batak: mangabia
• Khmer: ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp)
• Korean: 북서(北西) (bukseo)
• Lao: ພາຍັບ
• Latin: caurus m
• Latvian: ziemeļrietumi m
• Lithuanian: šiaurės vakarų m pl
• Macedonian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
• Madurese: bârâ' ḍâjâ
• Malay: barat laut
• Maltese: majjistral
• Maori: uru-mā-raki, marangai-mā-uru
• Mon: ဗာယပ်
• Navajo: náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordvest

  Nynorsk: nordvest

• Old Norse: útnorðr n
• Persian: شمال غربی (šamâl-e ğarbi)
• Polish: północny zachód m
• Portuguese: noroeste (pt) m
• Romanian: nord-vest (ro) n
• Romansch: nordvest
• Russian: се́веро-за́пад (ru) m (sévero-západ), норд-ве́ст (ru) m (nord-vést) (wind or nautical)
• Scots: nor-wast
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: северозапад m, сјеверозапад m

  Roman: severozapad m, sjeverozapad (sh) m

• Slovak: severozápad m
• Slovene: severozahod m
• Spanish: noroeste (es) m
• Swahili: kaskazini-magharibi
• Swedish: nordväst (sv)
• Telugu: వాయవ్యం (vāyavyaṁ)
• Thai: พายัพ (th) (paa-yáp)
• Toba Batak: manabia
• Turkish: kuzeybatı (tr)
• Ukrainian: півні́чний за́хід m (pivníčnyj záxid), норд-ве́ст m (nord-vést) (wind or nautical)
• Vietnamese: phía tây bắc, hướng tây bắc, tây bắc (vi) (西北)

Adjective

northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)

1. Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.

   A northwest course.

3. Coming from the northwest; northwesterly.

   A northwest wind.

Translations

northwestern — see northwestern

northwestward — see northwestward

northwesterly — see northwesterly

Adverb

northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)

1. Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.

   We are travelling northwest at the moment.

Translations

northwestward — see northwestward

Anagrams

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