northwestern

[US]/ˌnɔ:θˈwestən/
[UK]/ˌnɔrθˈwɛstɚn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. located in or towards the northwest; of or relating to the northwest; in the northwestern part of the United States.

Phrases & Collocations

northwestern region

northwestern part

northwestern states

northwestern university

Example Sentences

His father ran a farm in Northwestern United States.

Coruña (Spanish: La Coruña; Galician: A Coruña; also Corunna in English, and archaically The Groyne ) is the second largest city in Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

This paper presents a methodology of how to use variours data to evaluate tormation damage and productivity in the northwestern margin of Junggar Easin.

Intersexual goats of Saanen breed of Xinong at Northwestern Agricultural University were studied in anatomy, histology,cytogenetics and genetics.

Langquan microgranular disseminated type gold deposit is a new type of gold deposits discovered in recent years in northwestern Guangxi province.

Based on the study of the Silurian sections in the Kalpin area of the northwestern Tarim Basin, eight ichnogenus and eight ichnospecies were recognized in the Lower Silurian Tataaiertage Formation.

eynabou Sadu, 8, holds her two-year-old brother Takiu, who is wearing a red bracelet indicating that he is severley malnourished, at the village of Darbani in northwestern Niger, July 28, 2005.

Real-world Examples

I went to college in Northwestern which is also in Evanston.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

In northwestern Iraq, a battle is looming.

Source: CNN Selected November 2015 Collection

Paul Dobson is a journalist based in northwestern Venezuela.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2020

Two strong earthquakes struck northwestern Ecuador on Sunday night.

Source: AP Listening July 2016 Collection

My name's Solothurn, I'm a Swiss northwestern Canton.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

In the northwestern state of Oregon, Democrats control the legislature.

Source: VOA Special April 2023 Collection

It was distracted by a Turkish army invasion of northwestern Syria.

Source: BBC Listening May 2018 Compilation

Two Spanish tourists have been kidnapped while travelling in northwestern Colombia.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2013

Protests are reported in several cities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province.

Source: BBC Listening Collection September 2022

A 6.5 magnitude quake shook the far northwestern part of Indonesia Wednesday morning.

Source: CNN Selects December 2016 Collection

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