Northwest

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Northwest is the ordinal direction halfway between West and North on a compass. It is the opposite of Southeast. Some terms use the word Northwest or a varation of it:

• Northwest School, arts high school in Seattle
• Northwest Territories, Canadian territory
• North-West Frontier Province, Pakistani province
• North West England, English region
• North West Province, a province of South Africa
• The Northwest Territory, historical region roughly overlapping today's Midwestern United States. Derived company names include Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), Northwestern University and Northwest Airlines.
• North-Western Territory, historical British North American territory
• Pacific Northwest, unofficial region in the United States