In 2008, Delta and Northwest airlines united to form the world's largest airline.
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Northwest
//nɔɹθˈwɛst//
Synonyms for "northwest" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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2 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 72 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հյուսիս-արևմուտք noun (compass point)
Basque
2 entries- ipar-mendebal noun (compass point)
- ipar-sartalde noun (compass point)
Belarusian
1 entries- паўно́чны за́хад noun (compass point)
Bikol Central
1 entries- amihanan-sulnopan noun (compass point)
Bulgarian
1 entries- североза́пад noun (compass point)
Burmese
1 entries- အနောက်မြောက် noun (compass point)
Catalan
2 entries- mestral noun (compass point)
- nord-oest noun (compass point)
Central Melanau
1 entries- laan alud noun (compass point)
Chinese
1 entries- 西北 noun (compass point)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 西北 noun (compass point)
Czech
1 entries- severozápad noun (compass point)
Danish
1 entries- nordvest noun (compass point)
Dutch
1 entries- noordwesten noun (compass point)
Esperanto
2 entries- nordokcidento noun (compass point)
- norduesto noun (compass point)
Estonian
1 entries- loe noun (compass point)
Faroese
1 entries- útnyrðingur noun (compass point)
Finnish
1 entries- luode noun (compass point)
French
1 entries- nord-ouest noun (compass point)
Galician
1 entries- noroeste noun (compass point)
Georgian
2 entries- ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი noun (compass point)
- ჩრდილოეთ-დასავლეთი noun (compass point)
German
1 entries- Nordwesten noun (compass point)
Greek
1 entries- βορειοδυτικά noun (compass point)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 西北 noun (compass point)
Hindi
1 entries- पश्चिमोत्तर noun (compass point)
Hungarian
1 entries- északnyugat noun (compass point)
Icelandic
2 entries- norðvestur noun (compass point)
- útnorður noun (compass point)
Ido
1 entries- nord-westo noun (compass point)
Indonesian
1 entries- barat laut noun (compass point)
Ingrian
2 entries- loovve noun (compass point)
- länspohja noun (compass point)
Interlingua
1 entries- nord-west noun (compass point)
Irish
1 entries- iarthuaisceart noun (compass point)
Italian
1 entries- nordovest noun (compass point)
Japanese
3 entries- 乾 noun (compass point)
- 北西 noun (compass point)
- 西北 noun (compass point)
Javanese
3 entries- lor kulon noun (compass point)
- lèr kilèn noun (compass point)
- nurwitri noun (compass point)
Karo Batak
1 entries- mangabia noun (compass point)
Khmer
1 entries- ពាយ័ព្យ noun (compass point)
Korean
1 entries- 북서 noun (compass point)
Lao
1 entries- ພາຍັບ noun (compass point)
Latin
1 entries- caurus noun (compass point)
Latvian
1 entries- ziemeļrietumi noun (compass point)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šiaurės vakarų noun (compass point)
Macedonian
1 entries- североза́пад noun (compass point)
Madurese
1 entries- bârâ' ḍâjâ noun (compass point)
Malay
1 entries- barat laut noun (compass point)
Maltese
1 entries- majjistral noun (compass point)
Mon
1 entries- ဗာယပ် noun (compass point)
Māori
2 entries- marangai-mā-uru noun (compass point)
- uru-mā-raki noun (compass point)
Navajo
1 entries- náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah noun (compass point)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nordvest noun (compass point)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nordvest noun (compass point)
Old Norse
1 entries- útnorðr noun (compass point)
Persian
1 entries- شمال غربی noun (compass point)
Polish
1 entries- północny zachód noun (compass point)
Portuguese
1 entries- noroeste noun (compass point)
Romanian
1 entries- nord-vest noun (compass point)
Romansch
1 entries- nordvest noun (compass point)
Russian
2 entries- норд-ве́ст noun (compass point)
- се́веро-за́пад noun (compass point)
Scots
1 entries- nor-wast noun (compass point)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- severozapad noun (compass point)
- sjeverozapad noun (compass point)
- северозапад noun (compass point)
- сјеверозапад noun (compass point)
Slovak
1 entries- severozápad noun (compass point)
Slovene
1 entries- severozahod noun (compass point)
Spanish
4 entries- nordoccidente noun (compass point)
- nordoeste noun (compass point)
- noroccidente noun (compass point)
- noroeste noun (compass point)
Swahili
1 entries- kaskazini-magharibi noun (compass point)
Swedish
1 entries- nordväst noun (compass point)
Tamil
1 entries- வடமேற்கு noun (compass point)
Telugu
1 entries- వాయవ్యం noun (compass point)
Thai
1 entries- พายัพ noun (compass point)
Toba Batak
1 entries- manabia noun (compass point)
Turkish
1 entries- kuzeybatı noun (compass point)
Ukrainian
2 entries- норд-ве́ст noun (compass point)
- півні́чний за́хід noun (compass point)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hướng tây bắc noun (compass point)
- phía tây bắc noun (compass point)
- tây bắc noun (compass point)
Welsh
1 entries- gogledd-orllewin noun (compass point)
Sample sentences
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Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques.
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They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.
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Ecuador is a country situated in the northwest part of South America.
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