Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 6 compound words that contain northwest. The most common are listed below. Open northwest in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- Northwest TerritoriesA territory in northern Canada. Capital: Yellowknife.
- Pacific NorthwestThe region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British …
- Northwest PassageThe sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.
- north northwestAlternative form of north-northwest.
- west northwestAlternative form of west-northwest.
- Northwest TerritoryA former territory of the United States that consisted of the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, plus part of Minnesota. It existed from 1787 to 1803.
- Old NorthwestThe area of the continental United States in the former Northwest Territory (the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, plus part of Minnesota).
- Northwest Territorial ImperativeThe plan to establish a white ethnostate in the northwestern United States.
- Northwest AngleA pene-exclave of northern Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota.
- northwest by northThe compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.
- Northwest GermanicThe branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the North Germanic and West Germanic languages combined. This includes all modern Germanic languages, and all ancient Germanic languages except for East Germanic (which includes …
- Inland NorthwestA region of the American Northwest centered on the Greater Spokane, Washington area, encompassing all of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, sometimes including Northeastern Oregon and Western Montana.
- northwest by westThe compass point halfway between northwest and west-northwest, specifically 303.75°, abbreviated as NWbW.
- Northwest ImperativeEllipsis of Northwest Territorial Imperative.
- Northwest Arctic BoroughA borough in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Borough seat: Kotzebue.
- north by northwestNorth-northwest, the compass point between north and northwest (that is, at 337.5°).
Compound words 6
- northwesternOf or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
- northwestboundToward the northwest.
- northwestmostAlternative spelling of northwesternmost: Farthest northwest.
- northwestwardIn or toward the northwest
- northwestersplural of northwester: A strong wind blowing from the northwest.
- northwestwardsnorthwestward