D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Northwestern

/nôrˌ-thwĕs'-tẽrn/ · North·west·ern · IPA /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwe…
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.