Northwest
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For names and places containing the slightly longer word 'northwestern' (or variants), see northwestern.
Northwest or north west is the 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:
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[edit] Companies
- Northwest Airlines, a defunct major airline purchased by Delta Air Lines that ceased operating in 2009
- Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo)
[edit] Geography
[edit] Africa
- North-West District, Botswana
- Northwest Region (Cameroon), Cameroon
- North West Province, South Africa, a province of South Africa
- Northwestern Province, Zambia
[edit] Asia and Oceania
- North West Australia, an unofficial geographical region
- North Western Province (Victoria), an electorate in the Victorian Legislative Council of Australia until 2006
- Northwest Province (IMCRA region), an Australian marine biogeographic province
- North West Delhi, a district of Delhi
- North West District, Singapore
- North-West Frontier Province, Pakistani province
- North Western Province, Sri Lanka, also known as Wayamba
- North-Western Provinces, an administrative region in British India
- Tay Bac, literally Northwest Vietnam
[edit] Europe
- North West England, region
- Northwest Highlands, an area of Scotland
- North–West (European Parliament constituency), in the Republic of Ireland
- Northwestern Federal District, Russia
- Northwestern Krai, a subdivision of Imperial Russia
[edit] North America
- Pacific Northwest, unofficial region in the United States and Canada
- Northwestern United States, a region of the United States of America
- Northwest Territories, Canadian territory
- North-Western Territory, a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory
- Northwest Passage, a sea route traversing Canada's Arctic archipelago.
- The Northwest Territory, historical region roughly overlapping today's Midwestern United States
- Nord-Ouest Department, Haiti
[edit] Others
- Northwest Passage (disambiguation) also points to less common usages of the same term.
[edit] Schools
- For schools that contain the word "Northwestern", see Northwestern.
- Northwest High School (disambiguation), several high schools
- Northwest School, arts high school in Seattle
- Northwest University, a small Christian university in Kirkland, Washington
- North-West University, a university in South Africa
[edit] Other uses
- 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
[edit] See also
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