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northwestern

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/
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/nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/ · /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/ (UK)

Definition of northwestern

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
    “Brittany is located in northwestern France.”
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
    “Brittany is located in northwestern France.”
  2. Blowing from that direction.
  3. (not-comparable)Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
  4. (US, not-comparable)Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

noun

  1. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.
    “His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]”

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Etymology

Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.

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