Northwest

Noun

 * 1) The compass point halfway between north and west, bearing 315°, abbreviated as NW.

Derived terms

 * northwest by north
 * northwest by west

Coordinate terms

 * northeast, southeast, southwest

Adjective

 * 1) Towards the northwest, northwestwards, northwestern

Thesaurus
Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic, Middle West, NNW, NW, NW by N, NW by W, New England, North, North Central region, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastland, eastward, half points, hyperborean, lubber line, meridional, north, north-northwest, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northland, northward, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwesterly, northwestern, northwestward, northwestwardly, northwestwards, occident, occidental, orient, oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset, the Coast, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westland, westward, wild West

Etymology
From north + west

Alternative forms

 * nor'-west

Noun

 * Armenian: հյուսիս-արևմուտք
 * Basque: ipartsartalde, iparmendebal
 * Chinese: 北洋 (běiyáng)
 * Danish: nordvest
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nordokcidento, norduesto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: barat laut


 * Interlingua: nord-west
 * Japanese: 北西 (ほくせい, hokúséi)
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: majjistral
 * Persian: (shomaal-e-gharbi)
 * Polish: północny zachód
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: nord-vest
 * Romansch: nordvest
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: వాయవ్యం (vaayavyaM)
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * Armenian: հյուսիսարևմտյան
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: nordokcidenta
 * French: nord-ouest, du nord-ouest
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: északnyugati
 * Interlingua: del nord-west


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: północno-zachodni
 * Portuguese: noroeste, do noroeste
 * Romanian: de nord-vest, nordvestic, nordvestică
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: వాయవ్య (vaayavya)
 * Turkish: kuzeybatı