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• s  situated in or oriented toward the northwest
• s  of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming

• Meanwhile, a bomb exploded at a mosque in the northwestern town of Hangu before midnight Friday, killing the district mayor Haji Khan Afzal and wounding three people, police .
• The failure of many northwestern banks in recent years has proved a political as well as a business factor of great interest and importance.
• But in 1954, General Vo Nguyen Giap masterminded the bloody 57-day siege against a French garrison in Dien Bien Phu in northwestern Vietnamwhich signaled the coming end of .

• northwesterly
• northwest

News & Articles

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• Former Northwestern University official sentenced in orgy-murder case
  A county judge in Tennessee has imposed an eight year prison sentence on former Northwestern University official Jeffrey Mundt, for his role in a twisted night of drugs, sex, murder, dismemberment and disposal. Mundt could actually be free next month if the parole board decides that he has done enough time while awaiting trial.
  June 26, 2013 - ABC 7 Chicago
• Northwestern principal named BCPS STEM director
  Luke Perry, who has been principal of Northwestern Middle School since 2011, was named last week as Battle Creek Public Schools' STEM director for middle and high school.
  June 25, 2013 - Battle Creek Enquirer
• Northwestern researchers examine mechanical bases for the emergence of undulatory swimmers
  ( Northwestern University ) How do fish swim? It is a simple question, but there is no simple answer. Northwestern University researchers gleaned insight into the mechanical properties that allow them to perform their seemingly complex movements.
  June 24, 2013 - EurekAlert!