"Pacific Northwest" meaning in English

See Pacific Northwest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Pacific Northwest}} Pacific Northwest
  1. The region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska. Wikipedia link: Pacific Northwest Categories (place): Canada, United States Synonyms: PNW [initialism] Derived forms: Pacific Northwesterner Related terms: Cascadia Translations (region of North America): Nord-oest Pacífic [masculine] (Catalan), Pohjois-Amerikan luoteisosa (Finnish), Noroeste Pacífico [masculine] (Galician), Pazifischer Nordwesten [masculine] (German), 태평양 북서부 (taepyeong'yang bukseobu) (Korean), Wybrzeże Północno-Zachodnie [neuter] (Polish), Noroeste Pacífico [masculine] (Spanish)

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