Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic Archipelago of northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. It was long sought by European navigators seeking to reach India and China.
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- proper noun Sea route through the
Arctic Ocean , connecting theAtlantic and thePacific Ocean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
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Examples
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Buddy Ebsen was also in an even older show called Northwest Passage
Davy Crockett Steve Perry 2010
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The Northwest Passage has been a focal point for both environmentalists and shipping companies for years.
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It's true, not even the North Pole is safe from tourists; a Chicago-based company called Northwest Passage has been booking trips there since 1993.
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People sail for the Northwest Passage, which is nothing when you have found it.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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But Canada calls the Northwest Passage an internal waterway, and maintains it has the right to regulate and protect the passage.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But Canada calls the Northwest Passage an internal waterway, and maintains it has the right to regulate and protect the passage.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Canadians are overwhelmingly convinced that the Northwest Passage is a sovereign Canadian waterway, the report suggests, but none of the other countries share this view.
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What I would like to know is why it's called the Northwest Passage if it wasn't PREVIOUSLY navigable?
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You seem to be suggesting that the existance of a Northwest Passage is a new phenomenon.
marklynas.org - home 2010
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The Northwest Passage is a strait used for international navigation, and the Northern Sea Route includes straits used for international navigation; the regime of transit passage applies to passage through those straits.
maribo 2009
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