Pacific Northwest

American  

[puh-sif-ik nawrth-west] / pəˈsɪf ɪk ˌnɔrθˈwɛst /

noun

1. an imprecisely defined region of North America that is commonly held to include the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia, with some designations extending the region south into northern California and/or north into Alaska and Yukon: often considered as much a historical, sociocultural region as a geographical one. PNW

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Pacific Northwest British  

noun

1. the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies

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Example Sentences

"We didn't quite know the value of the western part of the US, or the Pacific Northwest, but we thought it was there," he said.

From BBC

Tesla recently published a map showing dozens of planned public fast-charging sites for Semis across major freight corridors in California, Texas, the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast that are scheduled to open starting this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles’ own Music Center, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera and numerous other performance houses promoted discounted tickets to upcoming shows with promo codes referencing the actor.

From Los Angeles Times

The boys, ages 23 and 16, one dangerously undernourished and both claiming to have been raised “off the grid” in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, showed up in town and immediately caused a rift.

From The Wall Street Journal

Veloso had grown up in São Paulo, a far cry from the Pacific Northwest, but the script struck a chord with the cinematographer, who first worked with Bentley on 2021’s “Jockey.”

From Los Angeles Times