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Pronunciation : North`west"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. noredhwest.]
Definition : Defn: The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : North`west"
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : North`west"
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: Toward the northwest.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913