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  • adjective Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north-west
  • adjective of a wind blowing from the north-west; north-westerly

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Examples

  • The Tijuana cartel controls the north-western part of Mexico and the smuggling routes into San Diego.

    Safety in lakeside 2009

  • The Tijuana cartel controls the north-western part of Mexico and the smuggling routes into San Diego.

    Safety in lakeside 2009

  • Book Description: Set in north-western Queensland, in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance, Carpentaria paints a portrait of the powerful Phantom family, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people, the land's original inhabitants.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

  • It's a big site – 100 pitches, 46 with electric hook-up – but the joy of this north-western part of the New Forest is that, even in mid-summer, you can walk five minutes from the site and find yourself in a secluded spot that could be miles from anyone.

    The 10 best family campsites 2011

  • The 56-year-old former property registrar from the north-western region of Galicia led his party to its greatest victory, outdoing his only predecessor as a PP prime minister, José Maria Aznar.

    Mariano Rajoy: Spain's new leader who led his party to its greatest victory 2011

  • Book Description: Set in north-western Queensland, in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance, Carpentaria paints a portrait of the powerful Phantom family, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people, the land's original inhabitants.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

  • Australian-born novelist Jules Watson established a reputation as an exciting new writer of Celtic historical fiction with her Dalriada Trilogy, set amidst the conflict between Picts, Romans and Gaels in what is now north-western Scotland.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Jules Watson, Part 1 2009

  • Australian-born novelist Jules Watson established a reputation as an exciting new writer of Celtic historical fiction with her Dalriada Trilogy, set amidst the conflict between Picts, Romans and Gaels in what is now north-western Scotland.

    Writer Unboxed » 2009 » May 2009

  • The Tijuana cartel controls the north-western part of Mexico and the smuggling routes into San Diego.

    Safety in lakeside 2009

  • The town subsequently became a trading post (gold and silver-mining) and for almost three centuries was the most important commercial center of a vast frontier area: north-western Mexico.

    El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona 2009

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