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別の表記

• north-western (UK, Commonwealth)

語源

Probably the reflex of 古期英語 *norþwesterne, equivalent to north +‎ western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.

発音

• IPA: /nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/, /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/ (英国発音)

形容詞

northwestern (comparative more northwestern, superlative most northwestern)

1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.

   Coordinate terms: eastern, northeastern, northern, southeastern, southern, southwestern, western

   Brittany is located in northwestern France.

2. (of wind) Blowing from that direction.

派生語

関連する語

名詞

northwestern (plural northwesterns)

1. (Should we move, merge or split this sense?) A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.

   Coordinate terms: northern, western

   • 1998, Jon Tuska, Stories of the Far North, page 64:

     His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]

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