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the northwest
" My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back."
Roma Downey

Meaning of "the northwest" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST

the northwest


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE NORTHWEST

the new · the New Jerusalem · the New Look · the New Man · the New Wave · the New World · the news · the next but one · the night´s a pup · the nitty-gritty · the noble art · the nod · the noes have it · the Norse · the North · the North Country · the North Star · the northeast · the novel · the Oaks

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE NORTHWEST

galley-west · go west · mae west · Midwest · north by west · north-northwest · northwest · northwest by west · Old Northwest · Pacific Northwest · south by west · south-southwest · southwest · southwest by west · the Southwest · the west · west · west-northwest · west-southwest

Synonyms and antonyms of the northwest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the northwest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE NORTHWEST

Find out the translation of the northwest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of the northwest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the northwest» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

西北
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

el noroeste
570 millions of speakers
en

English

the northwest
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चिमोत्तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشمال الغربي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

к северо-западу
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

o noroeste
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরপশ্চিম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

le nord-ouest
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Barat laut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

der Nordwesten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

北西
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

북서
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ing sisih kulon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phía tây bắc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வடமேற்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वायव्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzeybatı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

il nord-ovest
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

północny zachód
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

на північний захід
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

nord-vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα βορειοδυτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die noordweste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nordväst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nordvest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the northwest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE NORTHWEST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of the northwest
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «the northwest».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the northwest

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QUOTES WITH «THE NORTHWEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the northwest.
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Roma Downey
My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE NORTHWEST»

Discover the use of the northwest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the northwest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, and skiers; and valuable to an expert meteorologist.
Cliff Mass, 2008
2
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
Respectfully, they addressed the cedar as Long Life Maker, Life Giver and Healing Woman. Photographs, drawings, anecdotes, oral history, accounts of early explorers, traders and missionaries highlight the text.
Hilary Stewart, 1995
3
Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
In Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast, Hilary Stewart introduces the elements of style; interprets the myths and legends which shape the motifs; and defines and illustrates the stylistic differences between the major cultural ...
Hilary Stewart, 1992
4
Art of the Northwest Coast
Created in the spirit of the best-selling Thames & Hudson World of Art series, this groundbreaking volume provides an overview of the development of the art's styles and meanings in the context of the region's social history.
Aldona Jonaitis, 2006
5
Politics of the Northwest Passage
Series of articles which summarize issues involved in Canada's claim to sovereignty over the Northwest Passage arranged in four parts: the setting; international arctic politics; Canadian arctic politics; conclusions.
Franklin Griffiths, 1987
6
Art of the Northwest Coast Indians
Discusses the social patterns, material culture, and religion of the Indian tribes of Northwest North America stressing aspects of their primitive art.
Robert Bruce Inverarity, 1950
7
The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
Now, when interest in Lewis and Clark and the American Northwest has never been higher, comes the first complete and unabridged paperback edition of Alvin Josephy's masterwork.
Alvin M. Josephy, 1997
8
Keeping it Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation ...
Keeping It Living brings together some of the world’smost prominent specialists on Northwest Coast cultures to examinetraditional cultivation practices from Oregon to Southeast Alaska.
Douglas Deur, Nancy J. Turner, 2005
9
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History
This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and ...
Carlos A. Schwantes, 1996
10
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of ...
"Both senior and younger artists from the Northwest Coast are featured, working in a variety of media and styles: groundbreaking abstract painting and metal sculpture, painstaking woven spruce root hats and ceremonial woolen robes, works in ...
Ian M. Thom, 2009

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE NORTHWEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the northwest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New health insurance data breach in Northwest; 11 million may be …
A data breach may have exposed sensitive information of 11 million customers and employees of a major health insurer in the northwest United States. lRelated ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
2
Famed Northwest Passage ship found in Arctic
The discovery of a British shipwreck in the Canadian Arctic has solved a 169-year-old maritime mystery that led to the opening of the Northwest Passage linking ... «USA TODAY, Sep 14»
3
Wildfires Strike Northwest, Northern California
Despite the extremely dry conditions in drought-afflicted southern California, the summer's most destructive fires have struck the Northwest and northern ... «National Geographic, Aug 14»
4
Flooding, avalanches, outages all effects of Northwest storm
While snow and ice continued to fall in parts of the northwest, others in the region struggled with the aftermath of the same winter storm -- including floods, slick ... «CNN, Jan 12»
REFERENCE
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