"Northwest Territories" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Northwest Territories}} Northwest Territories
  1. A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Yellowknife. Categories (place): Northwest Territories, Places in Canada, Territories of Canada Derived forms: NT, NWT, N. W. T., N.W.T. [abbreviation] Related terms: Northwest Territory Translations (Territory in northern Canada): Հյուսիսարեւմտյան տարածքներ (Hyusisarewmtyan tarackʻner) [plural] (Armenian), উত্তরপশ্চিম ইকলিম (uttôrpôścim iklim) (Bengali), Territoris del Nord-oest [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 西北地區 (Chinese Cantonese), 西北地区 (sai¹ bak¹ dei⁶ keoi¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 西北地區 (Chinese Mandarin), 西北地区 (Xīběi Dìqū) (Chinese Mandarin), Severozápadní teritoria [neuter, plural] (Czech), Noordwest Territoria [neuter, plural] (Dutch), Nordokcidentaj Teritorioj [plural] (Esperanto), Luoteisterritoriot [plural] (Finnish), Territoires du Nord-Ouest [masculine, plural] (French), ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი ტერიტორიები (črdilo-dasavleti ṭeriṭoriebi) (Georgian), Nordwest-Territorien [feminine, plural] (German), Βορειοδυτικά Εδάφη (Voreiodytiká Edáfi) [neuter, plural] (Greek), Északnyugati területek (Hungarian), ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (nonatsiaq) (Inuktitut), Nunatsiaq (Inuvialuktun), Críocha an Iarthuaiscirt [feminine, plural] (Irish), ノースウエスト準州 (Nōsuwesuto junshū) (Japanese), ដែនដីភាគពាយ័ព្យ (daendəy phiək piəyŏəp) (Khmer), 노스웨스트 준주 (Noseuweseuteu junju) (Korean), Territoria Septentrio-Occidentalia [neuter, plural] (Latin), Nordvestterritoriene [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), Nordvestterritoria [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Terytoria Północno-Zachodnie (Polish), Territórios do Noroeste [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), Се́веро-За́падные террито́рии (Sévero-Západnyje territórii) [feminine, plural] (Russian), Northwast Territories (Scots), Nordvästterritorierna [neuter, plural] (Swedish), Півні́чно-За́хідні терито́рії (Pivníčno-Záxidni terytóriji) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), Tiriogaethau'r Gogledd-orllewin [feminine, plural] (Welsh)

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            "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "word": "Tiriogaethau'r Gogledd-orllewin"
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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.