"north-northwest" meaning in All languages combined

See north-northwest on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: north northwest [alternative], north-north-west [alternative], nor'-nor'-west [alternative], NNW [alternative, abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} north-northwest (not comparable)
  1. Of, in or pertaining to the north-northwest; north-northwestern. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-north-northwest-en-adj-zb0LsamE Categories (other): Compass points Disambiguation of Compass points: 11 4 36 10 40
  2. Situated toward or in the direction of north-northwest; north-northwestward; north-northwesterly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-north-northwest-en-adj-cvANOtjf
  3. Coming from the north-northwest; north-northwesterly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-north-northwest-en-adj-Pczop9cD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Compass points Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 3 61 17 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 5 48 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 2 63 16 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 2 63 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 5 58 13 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 9 49 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 8 59 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 9 49 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 9 58 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 11 48 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 10 47 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 10 47 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 15 11 38 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 16 4 57 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 10 46 16 14 Disambiguation of Compass points: 11 4 36 10 40

Adverb [English]

Forms: north northwest [alternative], north-north-west [alternative], nor'-nor'-west [alternative], NNW [alternative, abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} north-northwest (not comparable)
  1. Towards or in the direction of the north-northwest; north-northwestwards. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-north-northwest-en-adv-Kbe6zpMc

Noun [English]

Forms: north northwest [alternative], north-north-west [alternative], nor'-nor'-west [alternative], NNW [alternative, abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} north-northwest (uncountable)
  1. The compass point halfway between northwest and north; specifically at a bearing of 337.5°. Tags: uncountable Translations (compass point): nordnordvest (Danish), pohjoisluode (Finnish), nord-nord-ouest (French), nor-noroeste [masculine] (Galician), βόρεια-βορειοδυτικά (vóreia-voreiodytiká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), észak-északnyugat (Hungarian), 北北西 (hokuhokusei) (Japanese), utara barat laut (Malay), nord-nordvest (Norwegian Bokmål), nord-nordvest (Norwegian Nynorsk), nor-noroeste [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-north-northwest-en-noun-48gotYFk Categories (other): Compass points Disambiguation of Compass points: 11 4 36 10 40

Alternative forms

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          "north",
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          "bearing",
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          "code": "da",
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        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
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        },
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          "code": "ja",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nordnordvest"
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      "word": "nord-nord-ouest"
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      "sense": "compass point",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "βόρεια-βορειοδυτικά"
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      "word": "észak-északnyugat"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "word": "北北西"
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      "word": "utara barat laut"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.