NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Northwest Territories"):

Yellowknife (a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake)

Great Slave Lake (a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River)

Holonyms ("Northwest Territories" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)