the northwest

noun

variants or the Northwest

: the northwestern part of a country or region

A mountain range is in the northwest of the country.

Examples of the northwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To the northwest, in Himachal Pradesh, Sitara Himalaya has 10 suites looking out over the Dhauladhar range that have bright Banarasi silk walls, handwoven pashminas in every room, and under-floor heating. —Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025

This action will help strengthen containment lines to stop the fire's progression to the northwest. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025

The weather service in Honolulu said Kiko will move to the northwest after midweek, and conditions should likely remain under critical fire weather thresholds. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

Bocharov Ruchey, the Russian president's summer residence, is located in the Tsentralny district in the northwest of Sochi, around 17 miles from the international airport. —David Brennan, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the northwest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed