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PRONUNCIATION OF WEST-NORTHWEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEST-NORTHWEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
West-Northwest can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

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WHAT DOES WEST-NORTHWEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

west-northwest

Points of the compass

The points of the compass are points on a compass, specifically on the compass rose, marking divisions of the four cardinal directions: North, South, East, West. The number of points may be only the 4 cardinal points, or the 8 principal points adding the intercardinal directions northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. In meteorological usage further intermediate points are added to give the sixteen points of a wind compass. Finally, at the most complete in European tradition, are found the full thirty-two points of the mariner's compass. In ancient China 24 points of the compass were used. The mariner's practice of boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two points of the compass in order clockwise. The names of intermediate points are formed by the initials of the cardinal directions and their intermediate ordinal directions, and are very handy to refer to a heading in a general or colloquial fashion, without having to resort to computing or recalling degrees. For most applications, the minor points have been superseded by degrees measured clockwise from North.

Definition of west-northwest in the English dictionary

The definition of west-northwest in the dictionary is the point on the compass or the direction midway between west and northwest, 292° 30′ clockwise from north. Other definition of west-northwest is in, from, or towards this direction.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEST-NORTHWEST

west-facing
west-southwest
westbound
Westenra
wester
westering
Westerlies
westerliness
westerly
western
western alienation
Western Australia
Western Bug
Western Cape
Western Church
Western Dvina
Western Empire
Western Ghats
western hemisphere
western hemlock

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEST-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 northwest
the Southwest
the west
west
west-southwest

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «west-northwest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEST-NORTHWEST

Find out the translation of west-northwest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of west-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 «west-northwest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西北西
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oeste-noroeste
570 millions of speakers

English

west-northwest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चिम उत्तर पश्चिमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغرب والشمال الغربي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

к северо-западу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oeste-noroeste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশ্চিম-উত্তর দক্ষিণে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à l´ouest -nord-ouest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Barat-barat laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

west-nordwestlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

西北西
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

서북서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kulon-kulon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tây -tây bắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்கு-வடமேற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पश्चिम-वायव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

batı-kuzeybatı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ovest - nord-ovest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachód - północny zachód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на північний захід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vest - nord-vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυτικά - βορειοδυτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

noordwes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väst - nordväst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of west-northwest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST-NORTHWEST»

The term «west-northwest» is regularly used and occupies the 70.813 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST-NORTHWEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «west-northwest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «west-northwest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEST-NORTHWEST»

Discover the use of west-northwest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to west-northwest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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House Documents
United States House of Representatives. w"? . ',p-leymézu No. 2-Continued. Tracts ol'— Township and range. Parts of section. Township 4 north, range 14 west .................... .. Northwest quarts? of session 18. Township 1 northI range 15 west .
United States House of Representatives, 1857
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Message of the President of the United States Communicated ...
Township 2 south, range 12 West ..................... .. Northwest quarter of section 6. Northwest quarter of section 7. Southwest quarter of section 19. North half of section 30. Township 5 south, range 12 west ..................... .. West half of section 6.
United States. President, 1857
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
West Northwest... Northwest... North Calm Soutiiwest. West Southwest. Northwest . Northwest... Southwest. . Northwest. . Southwest. . West West Northwest... Northwest... Northwest... Southeast.. . Northeast . . Noon. Northwest. West Southeast .
United States. Patent Office, 1852
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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ...
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United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1862
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Annual Report
Northwest corner North Pine Walker avenoe Northwest corner Powers Webster Northwest corner North Front West Northwest corner Walker avenoe West Northwest corner Courtney West Northwest corner Crosby West Northwest corner  ...
‎1893
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Geology of the Huancavelica quicksilver district, Peru
_ _ . _ _ 12.2 km west of Fl Cobre, on trail. 62- _ 1 _ 458275 _ _ . _ . . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ - _ 11.8 km west of El Cobre, on t-rail. - 63- _ _ _ 458313, 45S315____ ____ 11.8 km west-northwest of El Cobre, on Hongolosongo road. 64- _ _ . 45S274 ...
Robert Giertz Yates, Deane Frederick Kent, Jaime Fernández Concha, 1951
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Late Cenozoic Structure and Evolution of the Great ...
In the vicinity of Red Mountain at the east end of the west- northwest–striking fault (Fig. 2), the structure swings southwest and merges with a thrust fault that forms the eastern margin of a topographic highland east of the Mohawk Mine (Fig. 2).
John S. Oldow, Patricia Hughes Cashman, 2009
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Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents
West Northwest.. Wind. Noon. Northwest.. SW.; SE... North Northwest.. Northwest. . Northwest . Northwest.. 1 Southwest. . Southwest .. Northwest.. Northwest- South Northwest.. South Northwest.. Northwest. . Northwest.. Northwest.. Southwest.
‎1852
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Journal: Appendix. Reports
... southwest west northwest west southwest southeast southwest south east Twelve m. north east do do do do do do east west southeast do south northwest east southeast do southwest southeast do south southeast southwest west northwest ...
California. Legislature, 1860
10
Geological Survey Bulletin
... about 20" km west- northwest of Puerto de Las Trancas. The following lithologic succession appears in the Barranca de Toliman, from the lowest beds exposed upward through the section : 30±m dark-gray silty limestone, slightly phyllitic on ...

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEST-NORTHWEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term west-northwest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hurricane Guillermo continues to move west-northwest and weaken
Guillermo continues to move west-northwest at 10 mph and is expected to weaken into a tropical storm as it nears the islands. Increasing vertical wind shear and ... «KHON2, Aug 15»
2
Star of Bethlehem? Jupiter and Venus converge in night sky
Look to the west-northwest as soon as it gets dark, says Dr. Hartigan. "After about two hours for most latitudes the objects will become difficult to observe as they ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
3
Earthquake rattles Alaska
The 5.8-magnitude quake was located some 64 miles (103 kilometers) west of Willow, and roughly 75 miles (121 kilometers) west-northwest of Anchorage, the ... «CNN, Jun 15»
4
Flossie dramatic change west-northwest, Hilo sees clear skies
Flossie was 120 miles east northeast of Hilo as of 5 a.m. and was moving toward the west-northwest near 16 miles per hour. The National Weather Service says ... «Big Island Video News, Jul 13»
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Tropical Storm Dorian continues west-northwest movement
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says it is moving west-northwest across the Atlantic at 20 mph, and is expected to maintain that path through Friday. «NOLA.com, Jul 13»
6
Hurricane Isaac moving at 8 mph to the west-northwest
Hurricane Isaac is moving to the west-northwest at 8 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center's 4 a.m. advisory. The storm remains a category 1 ... «NOLA.com, Aug 12»
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Views of 3rd at Virginia, Looking West-Northwest
Views of 3rd at Virginia, Looking West-Northwest. Search the Photo Archive | Best of the Best: JD's Favorite Before-and-Afters Also: Photos from Rooftops, 2006 ... «JDLand, Apr 11»

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