northwestern

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
2. Blowing from that direction.

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

1. Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
2. Of or relating to the northwestern region of the contiguous United States, including the Pacific Northwest.

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.