northwestern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
    northwest; northwesterly.
  2. adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming

WordNet


North`west"ern adjective
Definitions
  1. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Webster 1913