Northwest is the ordinal direction halfway between West and North on a compass. These are a opposite of Southeast. Occasionally terms utilise the word Northwest or even a varation of it:

Northwest School, arts high school around Seattle Northwest Territories, Canadian territory North-West Frontier Province, Pakistani province North West England, English region North West Province, a province of South Africa A Northwest Territory, historical region about overlapping in todays world's Midwestern United States. Derived company list include Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), Northwestern University and Northwest Airlines. North-Western Territory, historical British North U.s. territory Pacific Northwest, unofficial region in the United States

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