northwest

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

From north +‎ west.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: north‧west

northwest (plural northwests)

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

   Antonym: southeast

compass points:  ^[edit]

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^[1], →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

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.

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