northwestern

See also: north-western

English

Alternative forms

• north-western (UK, Commonwealth)

Etymology

Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north +‎ western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/, /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/ (UK)

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

northwestern (comparative more northwestern, superlative most northwestern)

1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.

   Coordinate terms: eastern, northeastern, northern, southeastern, southern, southwestern, western

   Brittany is located in northwestern France.

2. (of wind) Blowing from that direction.

Derived terms

• northwesterner
• northwesternmost

Related terms

• north-northwestern
• west-northwestern

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: հյուսիսարևմտյան (hyusisarewmtyan)
• Azerbaijani: şimal-qərbi
• Catalan: nord-occidental (ca)
• Czech: severozápadní (cs)
• Esperanto: nordokcidenta
• French: nord-occidental (fr), du nord-ouest
• Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთით (črdilo-dasavletit), ჩრდილოდასავლეთით (črdilodasavletit), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთისკენ (črdilo-dasavletisḳen), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთისკენ (črdilo-dasavletisḳen), ჩრდილოდასავლური (črdilodasavluri)
• German: nordwestlich (de)
• Greek: βορειοδυτικός (el) (voreiodytikós)
• Hungarian: északnyugati (hu)
• Interlingua: del nord-west
• Irish: siar ó thuaidh
• Italian: nordoccidentale (it)
• 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), al nordeste, noroccidental, nordoccidental, noroestal, nordoestal
• Telugu: వాయవ్య (vāyavya)
• Turkish: kuzeybatı (tr)

Noun

northwestern (plural northwesterns)

1. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.

   Coordinate terms: northern, western

   • 1998, Jon Tuska, Stories of the Far North, page 64:

     His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]