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• Northwest-ordinance

  noun 1. the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states. A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West. The United States […]

• Northwest-passage

  noun 1. a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. noun 1. the passage by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the N coast of America: attempted for over 300 years by Europeans seeking a short route to the Far East, before being successfully […]

• Northwest-territories

  noun 1. the region north of the Ohio River, organized by Congress in 1787, comprising present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the eastern part of Minnesota. noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. […]

• Northwest-territory

  noun 1. the region north of the Ohio River, organized by Congress in 1787, comprising present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the eastern part of Minnesota. noun 1. See Old Northwest

• Northwestward

  [nawrth-west-werd; Nautical nawr-west-werd] /ˌnɔrθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical ˌnɔrˈwɛst wərd/ adverb, adjective 1. Also, northwestwardly. toward the . noun 2. the . /ˌnɔːθˈwɛstwəd; nautical ˌnɔːˈwɛstwəd/ adjective 1. towards or (esp of a wind) from the northwest noun 2. a direction towards or area in the northwest

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