Northwest 663683 223327243 2008-07-03T16:11:00Z 195.68.39.189 /* North west and north-west */ {{Wiktionary|Northwest}} [[Image:Compass Rose English Northwest.svg|thumb|250px|right|A [[compass rose]] with Northwest highlighted]] {{ For|names and places containing the slightly longer word 'northwestern' (or variants)|northwestern}} '''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]] {{disambig}} {{CandODirections}} [[Category:Orientation]] [[zh-yue:西北]] [[da:Nordvest]] [[de:Nordwest-Territorium]] [[et:Loe]] [[fr:Nord-Ouest]] [[nl:Noordwest]] [[ja:北西]] [[no:Nordvest]] [[pl:Północny zachód]] [[pt:Noroeste]] [[simple:Northwest]] [[sr:Северозапад]] [[fi:Luode (ilmansuunta)]] [[vi:Hướng Tây Bắc]]