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Word entry · 9 letters

northwest

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"Upper-left bearing"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /nɔɹθˈwɛst/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted ehnorsttwStarts with NEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. to, toward, or in the northwest

Word origin

From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west.

Used in a sentence

  • a northwest course
  • But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.
  • a northwest wind

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