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noun Navigation, Surveying.
a point on the compass, 11°15′ north of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbN
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Origin of northwest by north
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby northwest by north
North Vancouver, North Vietnam, northward, northwards, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwester, northwesterly, northwesterner, North-West Frontier Province
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British Dictionary definitions for northwest by north
northwest by north
noun
one point on the compass north of northwest, 326° 15′ clockwise from north
adjective, adverb
in, from, or towards this direction
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