northwest

See also: north-west and North West

English

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northwest

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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

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 (php) 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 ġarbi) 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) Welsh: gogledd-orllewin (cy) m

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

   • 2025 February 1, Annie Correal, “U.S. Military Planes Deliver Deportees to Honduras”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

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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