northwest

English

Alternative forms

• north-west
• (shortened) nor west, nor'-west, norwest

Etymology

From north +‎ west.

Noun

northwest (plural northwests)

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

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): northeast, southeast, southwest

Derived terms

• northwest by north
• northwest by west
• North West Leicestershire

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հյուսիս-արևմուտք (hyusis-arewmutkʻ)
• Basque: ipartsartalde, iparmendebal
• Belarusian: паўно́чны за́хад m (paŭnóčny záxad)
• Bulgarian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
• Catalan: nord-oest (ca)
• Central Melanau: laan alud
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西北 (zh) (xīběi)

• Czech: severozápad (cs) m
• Danish: nordvest
• Dutch: noordwesten (nl) n
• Esperanto: nordokcidento, norduesto
• Estonian: loe
• Faroese: útnyrðingur m
• Finnish: luode (fi)
• French: nord-ouest (fr) m
• Galician: noroeste m
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი (črdilo-dasavleti)
• German: Nordwesten (de) m
• Greek: βορειοδυτικά (el) (voreiodytiká)
• Hungarian: északnyugat (hu)
• Ido: nord-westo (io)
• Indonesian: barat laut (id)
• Interlingua: nord-west
• Irish: iarthuaisceart m
• Italian: nordovest
• Japanese: 北西 (ja) (ほくせい, hokúséi), (less common) 西北 (ja) (せいほく, seihoku), (obsolete) 乾 (ja) (いぬい, inui)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 북서 (bukseo) (北西 (ko))
• Macedonian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
• Malay: barat laut
• Maltese: majjistral
• Maori: uru-mā-raki, marangai-mā-uru
• Navajo: náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordvest

  Nynorsk: nordvest

• Persian: شمال غربی (šamâl-e ğarbi)
• Polish: północny zachód m
• Portuguese: noroeste (pt) m
• Romanian: nord-vest (ro) n
• Romansch: nordvest
• Russian: се́веро-за́пад (ru) m (sévero-západ), норд-ве́ст (ru) m (nord-vést) (wind or nautical)
• Scots: nor-wast
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: северозапад m, сјеверозапад m

  Roman: severozapad m, sjeverozapad (sh) m

• Slovak: severozápad m
• Slovene: severozahod m
• Spanish: noroeste (es) m
• Swedish: nordväst (sv)
• Telugu: వాయవ్యం (vāyavyaṁ)
• Turkish: kuzeybatı (tr)
• Ukrainian: півні́чний за́хід m (pivníčnyj záxid)
• Vietnamese: phía tây bắc

Adjective

northwest (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
2. Towards the northwest; northwestwards.
3. From the northwest, northwesterly

Translations

northwestern

• Belarusian: паўно́чна-захо́дні m (paŭnóčna-zaxódni)
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის (črdilo-dasavletis), ჩრდილოდასავლეთის (črdilodasavletis), ჩრდილო-დასავლური (črdilo-dasavluri), ჩრდილოდასავლური (črdilodasavluri)
• German: nordwestlich (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: északnyugati (hu)
• Irish: thiar thuaidh
• Maori: kei te marangai-mā-uru

towards the northwest

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևմտյան (hyusisarewmtyan)
• Czech: severozápadní (cs)
• Dutch: noordwest (nl), noordwestelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nordokcidenta
• French: nord-ouest (fr), du nord-ouest
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთით (črdilo-dasavletit), ჩრდილოდასავლეთით (črdilodasavletit), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთისკენ (črdilo-dasavletisḳen), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთისკენ (črdilo-dasavletisḳen)
• German: nordwestlich (de)
• Greek: βορειοδυτικός (el) (voreiodytikós)
• Hungarian: északnyugati (hu)
• Interlingua: del nord-west
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: siar ó thuaidh
• Macedonian: северозападно (severozapadno)
• Maori: ki te marangai-mā-uru
• Polish: północno-zachodni (pl)
• Portuguese: noroeste (pt)
• Romanian: de nord-vest, nordvestic
• Russian: се́веро-за́падный (ru) (sévero-západnyj)
• Spanish: del noroeste (es)
• Telugu: వాయవ్య (vāyavya)
• Turkish: kuzeybatı (tr)

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