west-northwest
noun
west-north·west
: a compass point that is two points north of due west : N67°30′W
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Las Campanas is west-northwest of Santa Fe, and is home to the golf course The Club at Las Campanas.
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Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The depression was moving slowly west-northwest in a general direction expected to take it over the coast of Mexico somewhere between Tampico and Tuxpan on the night of June 29.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
The depression is forecast to move west-northwest at about 7 mph, and continue in that direction for the next day or two.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
In short, four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — stretched out across a little more than a dozen degrees of the west-northwest sky.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 June 2025
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Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The depression was moving slowly west-northwest in a general direction expected to take it over the coast of Mexico somewhere between Tampico and Tuxpan on the night of June 29.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
The depression is forecast to move west-northwest at about 7 mph, and continue in that direction for the next day or two.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
In short, four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — stretched out across a little more than a dozen degrees of the west-northwest sky.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 June 2025
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“West-northwest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/west-northwest. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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