northwestern

American  

[nawrth-west-ern] / ˌnɔrθˈwɛst ərn /

adjective

1. situated in, coming from, or proceeding toward the northwest.

2. Northwestern, of or relating to a region traditionally known as the Northwest in a country, continent, etc.

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Example Sentences

Verified images also show damage to a separate school building in Urmia, northwestern Iran.

From BBC

A 2014 civil war resulted in the Houthis seizing control of the capital, Sanaa, and large portions of northern and northwestern Yemen, including a strategic swath of the Red Sea coast.

From Los Angeles Times

About 250 million years ago, a region that is now a harsh desert in remote northwestern Australia lay along the edge of a shallow bay connected to a vast prehistoric ocean.

From Science Daily

There are two possible locations, both in northwestern China, and he is hoping to get there in the next couple of years.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the floods that battered northwestern Morocco in recent weeks have left evacuees like Habachi with little to celebrate.

From Barron's