northwest

See also: north-west and North West

English

Northwest.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From north +‎ west.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /nɔɹθˈwɛst/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːθˈwɛst/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛst
Hyphenation: north‧west

Noun

northwest (plural northwests)

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
Antonym: southeast

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

including adjective

Translations

compass point

Armenian: հյուսիս-արևմուտք (hy) (hyusis-arewmutkʻ)
Basque: ipar-sartalde, ipar-mendebal
Belarusian: паўно́чны за́хад m (paŭnóčny záxad)
Bulgarian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
Burmese: အနောက်မြောက် (my) (a.naukmrauk)
Catalan: nord-oest (ca)
Central Melanau: laan alud
Chinese:
Hakka: 西北 (sî-pet)

Hokkien: 西北 (sai-pak)

Mandarin: 西北 (zh) (xīběi)
Czech: severozápad (cs) m
Danish: nordvest (da)
Dutch: noordwesten (nl) n
Esperanto: nordokcidento, norduesto
Estonian: loe (et)
Faroese: útnyrðingur m
Finnish: luode (fi)
French: nord-ouest (fr) m
Galician: noroeste m
Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი (črdilo-dasavleti), ჩრდილოეთ-დასავლეთი (črdiloet-dasavleti)
German: Nordwesten (de) m
Greek: βορειοδυτικά (el) (voreiodytiká)
Hungarian: északnyugat (hu)
Icelandic: norðvestur (is) n, útnorður n
Ido: nord-westo (io)
Indonesian: barat laut (id)
Ingrian: länspohja, loovve (dated or poetic)
Interlingua: nord-west
Irish: iarthuaisceart m
Italian: nordovest
Japanese: 北西 (ja) (ほくせい, hokúséi), (less common) 西北 (ja) (せいほく, seihoku), (obsolete) 乾 (ja) (いぬい, inui)
Javanese: lor kulon (ngoko), lèr kilèn (krama), nurwitri (literary)
Karo Batak: mangabia
Khmer: ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp)
Korean: 북서(北西) (bukseo)
Lao: ພາຍັບ
Latin: caurus m
Latvian: ziemeļrietumi m
Lithuanian: šiaurės vakarų m pl
Macedonian: североза́пад m (severozápad)
Madurese: bârâ' ḍâjâ
Malay: barat laut
Maltese: majjistral
Maori: uru-mā-raki, marangai-mā-uru
Mon: ဗာယပ်
Navajo: náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nordvest

Nynorsk: nordvest
Old Norse: útnorðr n
Persian: شمال غربی (šamâl-e ğarbi)
Polish: północny zachód m
Portuguese: noroeste (pt) m
Romanian: nord-vest (ro) n
Romansch: nordvest
Russian: се́веро-за́пад (ru) m (sévero-západ), норд-ве́ст (ru) m (nord-vést) (wind or nautical)
Scots: nor-wast
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: северозапад m, сјеверозапад m

Roman: severozapad m, sjeverozapad (sh) m
Slovak: severozápad m
Slovene: severozahod m
Spanish: noroeste (es) m
Swahili: kaskazini-magharibi
Swedish: nordväst (sv)
Telugu: వాయవ్యం (vāyavyaṁ)
Thai: พายัพ (th) (paa-yáp)
Toba Batak: manabia
Turkish: kuzeybatı (tr)
Ukrainian: півні́чний за́хід m (pivníčnyj záxid), норд-ве́ст m (nord-vést) (wind or nautical)
Vietnamese: phía tây bắc, hướng tây bắc, tây bắc (vi) (西北)

Adjective

northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)

Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.
A northwest course.
Coming from the northwest; northwesterly.
A northwest wind.

Translations

northwestern — see northwestern

northwestward — see northwestward

northwesterly — see northwesterly

Adverb

northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)

Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.
We are travelling northwest at the moment.

Translations

northwestward — see northwestward

Anagrams

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