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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation northwest
  • abbreviation northwestern

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Northwestern Provinces.
  • noun An abbreviation
  • noun of Northwest Territory;
  • noun of Northwestern Territories.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • abbreviation northwest
  • abbreviation North Rhine-Westphalia, a federal state of Germany.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

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