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{{Wiktionary|Northwest}}
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'''Northwest''' or '''north west''' is the [[Ordinal directions|ordinal direction]] halfway between [[north]] and [[west]] on a [[compass]]. It is the opposite of [[southeast]]. Some terms use the word northwest or a variation of it:
===Northwest===
*[[Northwest.com]], a travel and tourism site for the Pacific Northwest United States and British Columbia
*[[Northwest Airlines]], a large airline headquartered in the United States
*[[Northwest High School]], a name for several high schools
*[[Northwest Highlands]], an area of [[Scotland]]
*[[Northwest School]], arts high school in Seattle
*[[Northwest Passage]], a sea route traversing Canada's Arctic archipelago.
*[[Northwest Passage (disambiguation)]] also points to less common usages of the same term.
*[[Northwest Province]], Cameroon
*[[Northwest Ordinance]], U.S. ordinance outlining the provisions of accepting a new state
*[[Northwest Smith]], a character in science fiction stories by [[C. L. Moore]]
*The [[Northwest Territory]], historical region roughly overlapping today's Midwestern United States
*[[Northwest Territories]], Canadian territory
*[[Pacific Northwest]], unofficial region in the United States and Canada
*[[Northwest University]] A small Christian university in [[Kirkland, Washington]]
===North west and north-west===
*[[North-West (European Parliament constituency)]], in Republic of Ireland
*[[North West Australia]], an unofficial geographical region
*[[North-West District, Botswana]]
*[[North West England]], region
*[[North-West Frontier Province]], Pakistani province
*[[North West Province]], a province of South Africa
*[[North-West University]], a university in South Africa
*[[North-Western Territory]], a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's [[Northwest Territories]] though including what is now [[Yukon Territory]]
*[[North-Western Provinces]], an administrative region in [[British India]]
===Norwest, nor'west===
*Norwest Bank (now [[Wells Fargo]])
*The Nor'wester wind and associated [[Nor'west arch]], a weather pattern in southern New Zealand
===Nord-ouest===
*[[Nord-Ouest Department]], Haiti
== See also ==
*[[Tay Bac]], literally Northwest [[Vietnam]]
*[[Northwestern]]
*[[Portal:North West England]]
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