"northwest" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ [General-American], /nɔːθˈwɛst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-northwest.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more northwest [comparative], most northwest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: From north + west. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|north|west}} north + west Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)
  1. Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-northwest-en-adj-hi7up0Yj
  2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-northwest-en-adj-eQiCt~27
  3. Coming from the northwest; northwesterly. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-northwest-en-adj-pUtUKPRV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 54 1 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 3 55 2 39 Disambiguation of English locatives: 2 3 60 1 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: north-west [UK], nor'-west [nautical, transport], NW [abbreviation]

Adverb [English]

IPA: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ [General-American], /nɔːθˈwɛst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-northwest.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more northwest [comparative], most northwest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: From north + west. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|north|west}} north + west Head templates: {{en-adv|-|more}} northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)
  1. Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-northwest-en-adv-yo47x7O1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: north-west [UK], nor'-west [nautical, transport], NW [abbreviation]

Noun [English]

IPA: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ [General-American], /nɔːθˈwɛst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-northwest.wav [Southern-England] Forms: northwests [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: From north + west. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|north|west}} north + west Head templates: {{en-noun}} northwest (plural northwests)
  1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°. Categories (topical): Compass points Translations (compass point): հյուսիս-արևմուտք (hyusis-arewmutkʻ) (Armenian), ipar-sartalde (Basque), ipar-mendebal (Basque), паўно́чны за́хад (paŭnóčny záxad) [masculine] (Belarusian), североза́пад (severozápad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အနောက်မြောက် (a.naukmrauk) (Burmese), nord-oest (Catalan), laan alud (Central Melanau), 西北 (sai-pak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 西北 (xīběi) (Chinese Mandarin), severozápad [masculine] (Czech), nordvest (Danish), noordwesten [neuter] (Dutch), nordokcidento (Esperanto), norduesto (Esperanto), loe (Estonian), útnyrðingur [masculine] (Faroese), luode (Finnish), nord-ouest [masculine] (French), noroeste [masculine] (Galician), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი (črdilo-dasavleti) (Georgian), ჩრდილოეთ-დასავლეთი (črdiloet-dasavleti) (Georgian), Nordwesten [masculine] (German), βορειοδυτικά (voreiodytiká) (Greek), 西北 (sî-pet) (Hakka Chinese), északnyugat (Hungarian), norðvestur [neuter] (Icelandic), útnorður [neuter] (Icelandic), nord-westo (Ido), barat laut (Indonesian), länspohja (Ingrian), loovve (english: dated or poetic) (Ingrian), nord-west (Interlingua), iarthuaisceart [masculine] (Irish), nordovest (Italian), 北西 (hokúséi) (alt: ほくせい) (Japanese), 西北 (seihoku) (alt: せいほく) [uncommon] (Japanese), (inui) (alt: いぬい) [obsolete] (Japanese), lor kulon [informal] (Javanese), lèr kilèn [krama] (Javanese), nurwitri [literary] (Javanese), mangabia (Karo Batak), ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp) (Khmer), 북서 (bukseo) (alt: 北西) (Korean), ພາຍັບ (Lao), caurus [masculine] (Latin), ziemeļrietumi [masculine] (Latvian), šiaurės vakarų [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), североза́пад (severozápad) [masculine] (Macedonian), bârâ' ḍâjâ (Madurese), barat laut (Malay), majjistral (Maltese), uru-mā-raki (Maori), marangai-mā-uru (Maori), ဗာယပ် (Mon), náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah (Navajo), nordvest (Norwegian Bokmål), nordvest (Norwegian Nynorsk), útnorðr [neuter] (Old Norse), شمال غربی (šamâl-e ğarbi) (Persian), północny zachód [masculine] (Polish), noroeste [masculine] (Portuguese), nord-vest [neuter] (Romanian), nordvest (Romansch), се́веро-за́пад (sévero-západ) [masculine] (Russian), норд-ве́ст (nord-vést) (english: wind or nautical) [masculine] (Russian), nor-wast (Scots), северозапад [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сјеверозапад [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), severozapad [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sjeverozapad [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), severozápad [masculine] (Slovak), severozahod [masculine] (Slovene), noroeste [masculine] (Spanish), kaskazini-magharibi (Swahili), nordväst (Swedish), వాయవ్యం (vāyavyaṁ) (Telugu), พายัพ (paa-yáp) (Thai), manabia (Toba Batak), kuzeybatı (Turkish), півні́чний за́хід (pivníčnyj záxid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), норд-ве́ст (nord-vést) (english: wind or nautical) [masculine] (Ukrainian), phía tây bắc (Vietnamese), hướng tây bắc (Vietnamese), tây bắc (alt: 西北) (Vietnamese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: north-west [UK], nor'-west [nautical, transport], NW [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From north + west.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "antonyms": [
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          "word": "southeast"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "north by northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "north-northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "north northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "north-northwesterly"
        },
        {
          "word": "north-northwestern"
        },
        {
          "word": "north-northwestwards"
        },
        {
          "word": "North West"
        },
        {
          "word": "Northwest Arctic Borough"
        },
        {
          "word": "northwest by north"
        },
        {
          "word": "northwest by west"
        },
        {
          "word": "northwesterly"
        },
        {
          "word": "northwestern"
        },
        {
          "word": "Northwest Germanic"
        },
        {
          "word": "Northwest Passage"
        },
        {
          "word": "Northwest Territories"
        },
        {
          "word": "northwestwards"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old Northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pacific Northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "west northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "west-northwest"
        },
        {
          "word": "west-northwesterly"
        },
        {
          "word": "west-northwestern"
        },
        {
          "word": "west-northwestwards"
        }
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        "The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°."
      ],
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          "compass point",
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        ],
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          "west",
          "west"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ],
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          "bearing",
          "bearing"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hyusis-arewmutkʻ",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "հյուսիս-արևմուտք"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ipar-sartalde"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ipar-mendebal"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "paŭnóčny záxad",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "паўно́чны за́хад"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "severozápad",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "североза́пад"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.naukmrauk",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "အနောက်မြောက်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nord-oest"
        },
        {
          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "laan alud"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "sî-pet",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "西北"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "sai-pak",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "西北"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīběi",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "西北"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "severozápad"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordvest"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "noordwesten"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordokcidento"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "norduesto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "loe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "útnyrðingur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "luode"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nord-ouest"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "noroeste"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "črdilo-dasavleti",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "črdiloet-dasavleti",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ჩრდილოეთ-დასავლეთი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Nordwesten"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "voreiodytiká",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "βορειοδυτικά"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "északnyugat"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "norðvestur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "útnorður"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nord-westo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "barat laut"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "länspohja"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "english": "dated or poetic",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "loovve"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nord-west"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iarthuaisceart"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordovest"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ほくせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hokúséi",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "北西"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せいほく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seihoku",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "西北"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いぬい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "inui",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "乾"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "lor kulon"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "krama"
          ],
          "word": "lèr kilèn"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "nurwitri"
        },
        {
          "code": "btx",
          "lang": "Karo Batak",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "mangabia"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "piəyŏəp",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ពាយ័ព្យ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "北西",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bukseo",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "북서"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ພາຍັບ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caurus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ziemeļrietumi"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "šiaurės vakarų"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "severozápad",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "североза́пад"
        },
        {
          "code": "mad",
          "lang": "Madurese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "bârâ' ḍâjâ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "barat laut"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "majjistral"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "uru-mā-raki"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "marangai-mā-uru"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "ဗာယပ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordvest"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordvest"
        },
        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "útnorðr"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šamâl-e ğarbi",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "شمال غربی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "północny zachód"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "noroeste"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nord-vest"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nordvest"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sévero-západ",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "се́веро-за́пад"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "wind or nautical",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nord-vést",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "норд-ве́ст"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "nor-wast"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "северозапад"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сјеверозапад"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "severozapad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeverozapad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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      "word": "西北"
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      "word": "noroeste"
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      ],
      "word": "乾"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "lor kulon"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "krama"
      ],
      "word": "lèr kilèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "nurwitri"
    },
    {
      "code": "btx",
      "lang": "Karo Batak",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "mangabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "piəyŏəp",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "ពាយ័ព្យ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "北西",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bukseo",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "북서"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "ພາຍັບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caurus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ziemeļrietumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "šiaurės vakarų"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "severozápad",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "североза́пад"
    },
    {
      "code": "mad",
      "lang": "Madurese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "bârâ' ḍâjâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "barat laut"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "majjistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "uru-mā-raki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "marangai-mā-uru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "ဗာယပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "náhookǫs dóó eʼeʼaah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nordvest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nordvest"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "útnorðr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šamâl-e ğarbi",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "شمال غربی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "północny zachód"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noroeste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nord-vest"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nordvest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sévero-západ",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "се́веро-за́пад"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "wind or nautical",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nord-vést",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "норд-ве́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nor-wast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "северозапад"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сјеверозапад"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "severozapad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjeverozapad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "severozápad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "severozahod"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noroeste"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "kaskazini-magharibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "nordväst"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vāyavyaṁ",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "వాయవ్యం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paa-yáp",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "พายัพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bbc",
      "lang": "Toba Batak",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "manabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "kuzeybatı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pivníčnyj záxid",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "півні́чний за́хід"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nord-vést",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "норд-ве́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "phía tây bắc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "hướng tây bắc"
    },
    {
      "alt": "西北",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "tây bắc"
    }
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}

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