NW
Upper left quadrant
NW is the abbreviation for northwest, one of the four intermediate compass directions.
It appears in addresses, weather reports, and navigation: The storm is moving NW at fifteen miles per hour.
In postal addresses, NW designates the northwest quadrant of a city: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- PortlandMajor Oregon city
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- British ColumbiaCanada's western coastal province
Cascadia · Alaska · wilderness · rainforest · evergreen · coastline · mountains
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- diagonalSlanting line or path
- quadrantFourth of a circle
orientation · cardinal · intercardinal · azimuth · navigation · waypoint · course · vector
Seattle
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- PortlandMajor Oregon city
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
British Columbia · Cascadia · Alaska · wilderness · rainforest · evergreen · coastline · mountains
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
quadrant · orientation · cardinal · intercardinal · azimuth · navigation · waypoint · course · vector · directional
initials
Abbreviated personal letters
designation · code · symbol · label · marker · indicator · sign