'Northwestern' definitions:
Definition of 'northwestern'
From: WordNet
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the northwest [syn: northwestern, northwesterly, northwest]
adjective
Of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming
Definition of 'Northwestern'
From: GCIDE
- Northwestern \North`west"ern\, a. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. [1913 Webster] Northwestward