( a. )
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
( a. )
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012