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Northwest is a compass point.

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

• Northwest (direction), an intercardinal direction

Geography

Africa

• North West (Nigeria)
• North West Tunisia
• North-West District (Botswana)
• Northwest Region (Cameroon)
• North West (South African province)

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

Other uses

• Northwest Ordinance, U.S. ordinance outlining the provisions of accepting a new state
• Northwest Smith, a character in science fiction stories by C. L. Moore
• Northwest Airlines, a former major airline purchased by Delta Air Lines that ceased operating in 2009
• North by Northwest, a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• North West, eldest daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
• North West (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC 1882–1897, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
• Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, a journal of environmental law and policy that was founded in 1994

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

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