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Northwest or north west is the ordinal direction halfway between north
North

North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...
 and west
West

West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points....
 on a compass
Compass

A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's magnetic poles....
. It is the opposite of southeast
Southeast

Southeast or south east is the Ordinal directions halfway between south and east. It is the opposite of northwest.Southeast or South East can refer to:...
. Some terms use the word northwest or a variation of it:








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Northwest or north west is the ordinal direction halfway between north
North

North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...
 and west
West

West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points....
 on a compass
Compass

A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's magnetic poles....
. It is the opposite of southeast
Southeast

Southeast or south east is the Ordinal directions halfway between south and east. It is the opposite of northwest.Southeast or South East can refer to:...
. Some terms use the word northwest or a variation of it:

Northwest

  • Northwest.com, a travel and tourism site for the Pacific Northwest United States and British Columbia
  • Northwest Airlines
    Northwest Airlines

    Northwest Airlines, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major United States airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St....
    , a large airline headquartered in the United States
  • Northwest High School
    Northwest High School

    Northwest High School or North West High School may refer to several schools of the same name:*Northwest High School in Indianapolis, Indiana...
    , a name for several high schools
  • Northwest Highlands
    Northwest Highlands

    The Northwest Highlands are the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen . The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Loch Linnhe in the west, to the Moray Firth in the north splits this area from the rest of the country....
    , an area of Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Northwest School
    Northwest School

    The Northwest School is a private middle school and high school located on Seattle, Washington's First Hill, Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1980, it is located in the 1905 Summit School building, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
    , arts high school in Seattle
  • Northwest Passage
    Northwest Passage

    The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    , a sea route traversing Canada's Arctic archipelago.
  • Northwest Passage (disambiguation)
    Northwest Passage (disambiguation)

    The Northwest Passage is a historical sea route between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through the Arctic waters of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland....
     also points to less common usages of the same term.
  • Northwest Province
    Northwest Province

    The North-West Province is found in the western highlands of Cameroon. It lies between latitudes 5? 40? and 7? to the North of the equator, and between longitudes 9?45 and 11?10? to the East of the Meridian....
    , Cameroon
  • Northwest Ordinance
    Northwest Ordinance

    The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The Ordinance unanimously passed on July 13, 1787....
    , U.S. ordinance outlining the provisions of accepting a new state
  • Northwest Smith
    Northwest Smith

    Northwest Smith is a fictional character, and the hero of a series of stories by science fiction writer C. L. Moore....
    , a character in science fiction stories by C. L. Moore
    C. L. Moore

    Catherine Lucille Moore was an United States science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction....
  • The Northwest Territory
    Northwest Territory

    The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
    , historical region roughly overlapping today's Midwestern United States
  • Northwest Territories
    Northwest Territories

    The Northwest Territories are a provinces and territories of Canada of Canada.Located in northern Canada, it borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south....
    , Canadian territory
  • Pacific Northwest
    Pacific Northwest

    The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
    , unofficial region in the United States and Canada
  • Northwest University
    Northwest University

    Northwest University is a regionally accredited, Christian coeducational institution offering a wide variety of associate degree, baccalaureate degree, and master?s degree....
     A small Christian university in Kirkland, Washington
    Kirkland, Washington

    Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle, Washington located on the Eastside . The population was 45,054 at the 2000 United States Census; its estimated 2006 population of 46,476 makes it the ninth largest city in King County and the nineteenth largest city in the state....


North west and north-west

  • North-West (European Parliament constituency), in Republic of Ireland
  • North West Australia
    North West Australia

    The terms North West Australia, The North West and North Western Australia have been used as a regular label for the region of the North of Western Australia....
    , an unofficial geographical region
  • North-West District, Botswana
  • North West England
    North West England

    North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200 and comprises five counties of England ? Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire....
    , region
  • North-West Frontier Province
    North-West Frontier Province

    File:Makra Peak by Khalid Mahmood.jpgThe North-West Frontier Province is the smallest of the Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan. The NWFP is home to the majority Pashtuns as well as other smaller ethnic groups....
    , Pakistani province
  • North West Province, a province of South Africa
  • North-West University
    North-West University

    The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with three campuses at Potchefstroom , Mafikeng and Vanderbijlpark....
    , a university in South Africa
  • North-Western Territory
    North-Western Territory

    The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America until 1870. Named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land, the territory at its greatest extent covered what is now Yukon, mainland Northwest Territories, northwestern mainland Nunavut, northwestern Saskatchewan, northern Alberta and northern British Columbia....
    , a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories
    Northwest Territories

    The Northwest Territories are a provinces and territories of Canada of Canada.Located in northern Canada, it borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south....
     though including what is now Yukon Territory
  • North-Western Provinces
    North-Western Provinces

    The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British rule in India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ....
    , an administrative region in British India


Norwest, nor'west

  • Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo
    Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo & Co. is a diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the 4th largest bank in the US by assets and the second largest bank by market cap....
    )
  • The Nor'wester wind and associated Nor'west arch
    Nor'west arch

    The Nor'west arch is a weather pattern peculiar to the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. For this reason, it is also often referred to as the Canterbury, New Zealand arch....
    , a weather pattern in southern New Zealand


Nord-ouest

  • Nord-Ouest Department
    Nord-Ouest Department

    Nord-Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,176 km? and a population of 488,500 ....
    , Haiti


See also

  • Tay Bac
    Tay Bac

    T?y B?c is one of the Provinces of Vietnam#Regions of Vietnam, located in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. It consists of four provinces: Dien Bien Province, Lai Chau Province, Son La Province, and Hoa Binh Province....
    , literally Northwest Vietnam
    Vietnam

    Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
  • Northwestern
    Northwestern

    Northwestern may refer to:* Northwestern University, a large American research university, with campuses in Chicago and Evanston, IllinoisOther colleges and universities:...
  • Portal:North West England