Northwest (disambiguation)

Look up northwest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Northwest is a compass point.

Northwest or north-west or north west may also refer to:

Geography

Africa

Asia and Oceania

  • North West Australia, an unofficial geographical region
  • North West Delhi, India
  • Northwest Province (IMCRA region), an Australian marine biogeographic province
  • North West District, Singapore
  • North-West Frontier Province, former name of the Pakistani province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Tay Bac, literally Northwest Vietnam

Europe

  • North West England, region
  • Northern and Western Region, region in the Republic of Ireland
  • North-West (European Parliament constituency), in the Republic of Ireland (2004 to 2014)
  • Copenhagen North West, Denmark
  • Northwestern Krai or Northwestern Land in the historical Russian Empire

Americas

  • Northwestern United States
  • Pacific Northwest, unofficial region in the United States and Canada
  • Northwest Territories, federal territory of Canada
  • Northwest Territories (electoral district), Canadian federal electoral district
  • North-Western Territory, former territory in British North America administered by the Hudson's Bay Company
  • Northwest Passage, sea route traversing Canada's Arctic archipelago
  • Northwest Territory, former incorporated territory of the United States in the Great Lakes region
  • Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the United States
  • Northwest District, Portland, Oregon in the United States
  • Argentine Northwest

Schools

  • Northwest High School (disambiguation), several high schools
  • Northwest School, Seattle, Washington
  • Northwest University (disambiguation), several schools

People and characters

  • Northwest Smith, a character in science fiction stories by C. L. Moore
  • Pacifica Northwest, a character in the 2012 animated series Gravity Falls
  • North West (musician) (born 2013), American musician, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian

Other uses

  • Northwest Airlines, a former major airline purchased by Delta Air Lines that ceased operating in 2009
  • Northwest Ordinance, a U.S. ordinance outlining the provisions of accepting a new state
  • Northwest Stadium, sports stadium in Landover, Maryland
  • North West Stadium, sports stadium in Welkom, South Africa
  • North West, a vessel operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1882 to 1897; see Hudson's Bay Company vessels

See also

  • Norwest (disambiguation)
  • Northwestern (disambiguation)
  • Northwestern Province (disambiguation)
  • Northwest Passage (disambiguation)
  • Nord-Ouest (disambiguation)
  • Nord-Vest (development region), a region in Romania
  • All articles with "Northwest" (or a variant) in the title
  • All articles with "Northwest" (or a variant) and "University/College/School" in the title
  • All articles with "Northwest" (or a variant) and "Region/District/Province" in the title
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.