Usually means: Pertaining to the northwest region.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word northwestern:

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  1. northwestern: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. northwestern: Merriam-Webster
  3. northwestern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. northwestern: Collins English Dictionary
  5. northwestern: Vocabulary.com
  6. Northwestern, northwestern: Wordnik
  7. northwestern: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. northwestern: Wiktionary
  9. northwestern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. northwestern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Northwestern, northwestern: Dictionary.com
  12. northwestern: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Northwestern, The Northwestern (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Northwestern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. northwestern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. northwestern: Rhymezone
  17. Northwestern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. northwestern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. northwestern: FreeDictionary.org
  20. northwestern: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. northwestern: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. northwestern: Encyclopedia

(Note: See northwesternmost as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
▸ adjective:  (of wind) Blowing from that direction.
▸ noun:  A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.

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northwest, northwesterly, north, western, west-northwestern, west-northwest, northeast, northeastern, Boreal, west, more...

Opposite:
southeastern, eastern, southern, northeastern, southeast

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Northwestern University, northwestern univ, Northwestern United States, northwestern purple, northwestern purple (color), more...

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chicago, most, iota, luther, old, abbott, abbot, great, extreme

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Similar:
northwest, northwesterly, north, western, west-northwestern, west-northwest, northeast, northeastern, Boreal, west, more...

Opposite:
southeastern, eastern, southern, northeastern, southeast

Types:
American, Canadian, Alaskan, Hawaiian, more...

Phrases:
Northwestern University, northwestern univ, Northwestern United States, northwestern purple, northwestern purple (color), Northwestern Boundary Dispute, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern wolf, more...

Adjectives:
chicago, most, iota, luther, old, abbott, abbot, great, extreme

Colors:
    purple,     white,     black,     gray,     silver, more...



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