Northwest - Geographic Regions

Geographic Regions

The terms northwest and north west are often used by themselves to refer to the northwestern sector of a geographic area, or to entities based in such a region.

Compass direction
Cardinal and Ordinal directions
  • North
  • Northeast
  • East
  • Southeast
  • South
  • Southwest
  • West
  • Northwest
The eight principal winds
  • Tramontane
  • Gregale
  • Levant
  • Sirocco
  • Ostro
  • Libeccio
  • Ponente
  • Mistral


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