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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Pacific Northwest

Before I relocated to the Pacific Northwest, I had only seen whales and other wildlife common to this region on TV.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

That also typically brings drier-than-normal conditions farther to the north, like the Pacific Northwest, according to Cohen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Fervo Energy partners with Nvidia and Pacific Northwest Laboratory to develop an AI-driven digital platform for geothermal drilling.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

"The fact that we found it here in one-third of our coyotes was surprising, because it wasn't found anywhere in the Pacific Northwest until earlier this year."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

Our opposition was a club team from Southern California called the Pumas that had come up on tour to play against teams in the Pacific Northwest, where everyone knows we play a tougher game.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith