Northgate

Mall in Seattle

Northgate is a common place name for locations near the northern entrance of a walled city or fortified area.

Many neighborhoods, shopping centers, and transit stations bear the name: the Northgate Mall, Northgate station.

It appears as a surname and occasionally as a given name.

The pattern extends to Southgate, Eastgate, and Westgate.

geographic

Seattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

neighborhood · district · community · boulevard · intersection · shopping · center · parking · commuter · bus

architectural

entrance

Point of access

medieval · wall · tower · rampart · drawbridge · barbican · passage · stone · arch · citadel

directional

compass

Device showing cardinal directions

arctic · facing · exposure · boundary · perimeter · access · point · entry · approach · frontage

Opposites
cardinal direction

NorthgateSouthgate

California suburban city

Westgate · back entrance

Family

north, gate, northern, northerly, northward, northwards, northerner, gated, gates

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G