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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Northwest  \North`west"\,  n.  [AS.  nor[eth]west.] 
  The  point  in  the  horizon  between  the  north  and  west,  and 
  equally  distant  from  each  the  northwest  part  or  region. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Northwest  \North`west"\,  a. 
  1.  Pertaining  to  or  in  the  direction  of  the  point  between 
  the  north  and  west;  being  in  the  northwest;  toward  the 
  northwest,  or  coming  from  the  northwest;  as  the  northwest 
  coast. 
 
  2.  Coming  from  the  northwest;  as  a  northwest  wind. 
 
  {Northwest  passage},  a  passage  or  communication  by  sea 
  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans  along  the  north 
  coast  of  America,  long  sought  for  by  navigators. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Northwest  \North`west"\,  adv 
  Toward  the  northwest. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  northwest 
  adj  1:  situated  in  or  oriented  toward  the  northwest  [syn:  {northwestern}, 
  {northwesterly}] 
  2:  coming  from  the  northwest;  "northwesterly  winds"  [syn:  {northwesterly}] 
  n  1:  the  northwestern  region  of  the  United  States  [syn:  {Northwest}] 
  2:  the  compass  point  midway  between  north  and  west;  at  315 
  degrees  [syn:  {nor'-west},  {NW}] 
  adv  :  to  toward,  or  in  the  northwest  [syn:  {nor'-west}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Northwest,  MI 
  Zip  code(s):  48504,  48532 




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