Definition of "north-west" []

• To, toward, or in the northwest (adverb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Smoke from Guy Fawkes' events caused greatest problems in north-west England where air pollution levels reached very high in Stoke and Salford and high in Warrington."
• "Sukanya settled in Willesden Green, north-west London."
• "Currently the team's findings do not extend too far beyond the university in the north-west."