north-northwest
coming from this point: a north-northwest wind.
directed toward this point: a north-northwest course.
toward this point: sailing north-northwest.
Origin of north-northwest
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How to use north-northwest in a sentence
We collected along the river at a place about 16 kilometers north-northwest of Chinaj, approximately at Lat.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanIt was oriented on a north-northwest—south-southeast axis, quite without reference to the wall system.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm WatkinsThe first of September , faire weather, the wind variable betweene east and south; we steered away north northwest.
Snow fell throughout the 5th; wind light, north-northwest; temperature, 31 to 35.
The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin | Francis HarperYarmouth looked like a pleasant little place, as it lay north-northwest of us.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Jasper Danckaerts
British Dictionary definitions for north-northwest
the point on the compass or the direction midway between northwest and north, 337° 30′ clockwise from north
in, from, or towards this direction
- Symbol: NNW
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