northwestern

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.

   Brittany is located in northwestern France.

2. 2
   noun

   A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.

   His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]

3. 3
   adj

   of a region of the United States generally including Washington

4. 4
   adj

   situated in or oriented toward the northwest

5. 5
   adj

   Blowing from that direction.

6. 6
   adj

   Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

Etymology

Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.