northwest

intercardinal direction between north and west
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northwest

Summary

northwest is an intercardinal direction[1]. northwest draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (intercardinal_direction category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • northwest's image is recorded as CompassRose (mul) 16 blue NW.svg[3].
  • northwest's instance of is recorded as intercardinal direction[4].
  • northwest's Commons category is recorded as Northwest[5].
  • northwest's said to be the same as is recorded as Q20968332[6].
  • northwest's opposite of is recorded as southeast[7].
  • northwest's opposite of is recorded as southwest[8].
  • northwest's opposite of is recorded as northeast[9].
  • northwest's Unicode character is recorded as ↖[10].
  • northwest's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nb460p[11].
  • northwest's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300078812[12].
  • northwest's position angle is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+315'}[13].
  • northwest's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13858452-n[14].
  • northwest's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 北西[15].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for northwest include Northwest Territories[16], a territory of Canada[17], in Canada[18], founded in 1870[19] and Northwest Arctic Borough[20], a borough of Alaska[21], in United States[22], founded in 1986[23].

Why It Matters

northwest draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (intercardinal_direction category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] northwest has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] northwest is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for northwest include Northwest Territories[16], a territory of Canada[17], in Canada[18], founded in 1870[19] and Northwest Arctic Borough[20], a borough of Alaska[21], in United States[22], founded in 1986[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_northwest_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{northwest}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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